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For many of us, it is very common to talk about male circumcision, in fact in Indonesia where the majority of people are Muslims, it is something that is celebrated. But have you ever heard about it from a female? Yes, female genital mutilation (FGM) is something that is still widely practiced, the WHO aspire to end FGM by 2030, and by doing so will have a ripple effect on the health, education, and economic advancement of girls and women, UN Secretary-General, António Guterres said.

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On Saturday, 21st of August we held our Youth Social  Entrepreneurship Workshop with Moodle workshop at STMIK Primakara, Denpasar, with strict health protocol. This workshop is a part of the YSEEAM project (Youth Social Entrepreneurship Education with Moodle for All). This project is a 24 month-project (2019-2021) co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the KA2 action for Capacity Building in the field of Youth.

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Pursuing a dream to study abroad is a desire to gain knowledge and seek new experience in other countries. Studying abroad is currently a trend in various circles, ranging from government circles, practitioners, and students. The number of Indonesian students abroad has also increased dramatically, reaching tens of thousands, both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The target countries also varied, including Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, the United States, and countries on the European continent. 

Today’s digital world has been changing our way of life in many aspects including marketing. The online advertisement comes in many forms, such as copywriting, pictures, and videos. It forces business owners to market their products online. With little knowledge about online media, it will be harder for business owners to develop. With this problem, comes a solution, Canva.com

It has been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic hits the world. Act Global held an online class to spread awareness on how to maintain our health during the pandemic era. As the pandemic has been for a while now, people start to care less about their behaviour, therefore it is important for us to remind we need to remind people.

The COVID-19 pandemic affected the way we do things drastically, it forces us to adapt over this new reality and it compelled us to move forward and progress.  In this pandemic situation, here in Act Global we are continuing to work on creating webinars and workshops online. We simply believe, our action to create an online webinars or workshop will make changes and make the world a little bit different. So, on 27 March 2021, Act Global designed a webinar entitled “Girls Support Girls in Education, Economic, and STEM” which invites speakers from three different fields.

Which team do you choose, Nam Do San or Han Ji Pyeong? If you are familiar with this team, you certainly know about the Korean drama series which is quite emotional, Start-Up. This drama focuses on the struggles of young people in creating their start-ups wrapped in a love triangle story that touches the hearts of the audience.

Throughout 2020 Act Global held regular workshops and webinars online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are so excited to announce both will be back in early 2021 with different topics and speakers. Last Saturday afternoon The 20th of February, Act Global ran an online workshop program about ‘’Design Your Life Story’’ in collaboration with Bali Soul Society, a community that focused on mental health, psychological wellbeing and self- development.

Act Global is an organization that focuses on three thematic areas: youth empowerment, poverty reduction, and social cohesion. On May 18th, 2019, we managed to handle a programming workshop for beginners in order to help the youth who are interested in coding or computer science to learn more about it as probably a lot of people actually interested but don’t know how to start and learning all alone is too difficult. Our target was beginners with no prior programming experience or students in non-STEM fields. This workshop mentored by Hermanto from the game developer, Slab Games.

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