This Mother's Day, Herstory will be hosting an event with Saraz Sapio, an inspirational and independent young woman from the Minangkabau tribe in Sumatra, Indonesia. The Minangkabau are the largest ...

The Indonesian embassy in Doha, in collaboration with Qatar Museums, Qatar Foundation and with the support of the Indonesian Community Association in Qatar (Permiqa) as well as the ministry of ...

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Doha: Minang Family Association in Qatar (IKM) in collaboration with Indonesian Embassy in Qatar, Indonesian Community Association in Qatar (PERMIQA), Bank Central Asia (BCA) and with the full support ...

Photographer Susan Schulman captures everyday life in the world’s largest matrilineal society. In an obscure, devoutly Muslim ethnic group in Indonesia called the Minangkabau, women are revered—and ...

For the last century, historians, anthropologists and other scholars have searched both human history and the continents to find a matriarchy—a society where the power was in the hands of women, not ...

In much of the western world, Islam is viewed as a religion at odds with female power. But a society in West Sumatra, Indonesia, is based on matriarchal influence and Islamic belief. Peggy Reeves ...