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Women and men are equal partners in the development of the nation. However, genders are pervasively stereotype. We can still hear some women say that the essence of being a women is being a mother, which they probably got from 1997 Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, while men are seen as providers. We are in the 21st century, yet the deep seated norms are still expressed and hand down from generations to generations. Could you believe that there are still some people who believed that women are nurturers, weak and inferior, while men are leaders, strong and superior? When in fact, women can be leaders and men can be nurturers. Gender norms in the past should be cancelled and we should start normalizing equality in gender. We should accept the new conformity that husbands are doing household chores while their wives are working, or men being feminine. Let's eradicate the imbalance in power relations that cause violence against women and girls, because women have a say on their ...

Have you ever wonder how did some couples made it to last long together? How they were able to keep the spark? It's a real big question for us especially in this days that social media plays a huge part in our lives. We often see advices posted on facebook or a thread in twitter about how to handle relationships, how to date, how to keep a man/woman, but are we able to apply it in our relationship or we just share it and have wishful thinking that our relationships will be like that? Being in a relationship is difficult for so many reasons (which obviously, you are aware of!), because it's not just all about love. Oh, the great love! Relationships must also be build with trust, honesty and patience, although these things are hard to earn and to practice, especially nowadays that everyone seems to be broken and shattered. Some people are afraid to trust and to open up. They have built walls higher than the walls of the north, because someone had broken their trust many times, an...