WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.000 [Rina Presarani speaking at a meeting] 00:00:13.657 --> 00:00:15.737 [soft piano music] 00:00:16.181 --> 00:00:19.385 I am Rina Prasarani, was born in Jakarta. 00:00:19.385 --> 00:00:21.643 I am visually impaired. 00:00:21.989 --> 00:00:27.125 Currently I work in a five-star hotel in Jakarta. 00:00:27.535 --> 00:00:34.369 Besides that, I am also an activist for the disability movement in Indonesia. 00:00:34.369 --> 00:00:37.104 I also have a micro business 00:00:37.925 --> 00:00:40.255 as a frozen food reseller 00:00:41.443 --> 00:00:43.465 and also fashion products. 00:00:48.713 --> 00:00:55.218 And I am a single mother with two sons, Farhan and Melrizky. 00:00:56.535 --> 00:00:58.933 In carrying out my daily life, 00:01:01.417 --> 00:01:04.160 I am the same as women in general. 00:01:05.456 --> 00:01:07.877 I also do many things myself. 00:01:07.877 --> 00:01:12.408 From the start, even small children, I bathed them myself. 00:01:13.725 --> 00:01:16.964 Only at first, maybe I need help, 00:01:18.109 --> 00:01:23.298 but after that I bathe them from babies to toddlers. 00:01:28.831 --> 00:01:33.101 In taking care of Melrizky, this is even more special 00:01:33.101 --> 00:01:36.401 because he has a difference. 00:01:37.114 --> 00:01:43.176 Besides being blind, he also has autistic syndrome. 00:01:43.176 --> 00:01:48.837 So he has interaction barriers with his environment. 00:01:52.509 --> 00:01:57.434 Just like parents in general, we take them to the hospital, 00:01:57.434 --> 00:02:02.062 so we go to therapy and I also take them myself. 00:02:02.559 --> 00:02:05.782 Even though my parents accompanied me, 00:02:05.782 --> 00:02:08.740 sometimes I accompanied myself 00:02:11.893 --> 00:02:14.787 and also taught all members of the house 00:02:15.586 --> 00:02:18.441 how to communicate with Melrizky 00:02:18.938 --> 00:02:22.858 because he also has communication difficulties. 00:02:26.898 --> 00:02:30.618 Actually, it's the same as employees in general, 00:02:30.618 --> 00:02:32.356 they must also learn. 00:02:32.356 --> 00:02:37.757 All women must also have a stage where they learn to make up themselves. 00:02:37.757 --> 00:02:40.797 Look and ask people's opinions. 00:02:40.797 --> 00:02:42.699 Actually, I do, too. 00:02:45.166 --> 00:02:49.050 So it's impossible for those who know how to do make up 00:02:49.050 --> 00:02:52.739 know how to make up and know how to look 00:02:52.739 --> 00:02:55.203 if you've never studied before 00:02:56.252 --> 00:02:59.629 and usually we need a lot of practice. 00:02:59.629 --> 00:03:04.370 For the visually impaired, the difference is more trial and error 00:03:04.370 --> 00:03:07.556 than people or women in general. 00:03:13.597 --> 00:03:16.153 Later, after everything is finished, 00:03:16.153 --> 00:03:21.987 usually, I will ask my friend: "It's messy, or isn't it already good? 00:03:21.987 --> 00:03:24.360 Isn't there something lacking or not?" 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:27.685 So later, they will surely tell you, 00:03:28.184 --> 00:03:31.419 "Oh, this is lacking, it's not enough." 00:03:31.808 --> 00:03:33.594 I know something is missing. 00:03:34.332 --> 00:03:37.191 We'll do it tomorrow, the next day, 00:03:39.017 --> 00:03:40.162 so remember, 00:03:40.686 --> 00:03:43.818 oh, what was lacking yesterday means 00:03:44.362 --> 00:03:47.547 we have to add something like that here. 00:03:47.547 --> 00:03:51.199 I bought lipsticks from different brands. 00:03:51.199 --> 00:03:53.057 We can know the packaging, right? 00:03:53.057 --> 00:03:55.224 Oh, this one means the orange 00:03:55.224 --> 00:03:56.997 or neon color. 00:03:56.997 --> 00:03:58.472 This one is red. 00:04:00.201 --> 00:04:02.085 If we hold the packaging, 00:04:02.085 --> 00:04:05.360 sometimes lipstick and eyeliner 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:07.734 come in the same packaging. 00:04:08.258 --> 00:04:11.392 So, I usually separate the places. 00:04:11.392 --> 00:04:13.797 So for your own lipstick, 00:04:13.797 --> 00:04:16.349 for eyes, for example, 00:04:16.349 --> 00:04:20.304 mascara, eyeliner, eyebrow pencil, 00:04:20.304 --> 00:04:23.911 I have one pouch of each own 00:04:23.911 --> 00:04:26.813 so it won't be mixed up. 00:04:31.360 --> 00:04:35.588 As single parent, we usually have a partner. 00:04:35.588 --> 00:04:40.497 Then suddenly we have to do everything ourselves. 00:04:40.497 --> 00:04:41.915 It's not easy 00:04:41.915 --> 00:04:43.979 and I think 00:04:43.979 --> 00:04:46.719 everyone also needs adjustments. 00:04:46.719 --> 00:04:48.934 But fortunately, 00:04:48.934 --> 00:04:50.454 from the beginning 00:04:50.454 --> 00:04:54.228 I never depended too much on my partner, 00:04:54.714 --> 00:04:57.842 so when I became a single mother, 00:04:57.842 --> 00:04:59.862 what I used to do alone 00:04:59.862 --> 00:05:03.310 was already used to doing it alone. 00:05:04.647 --> 00:05:06.337 [street noises] 00:05:09.779 --> 00:05:12.023 Regarding the time of the pandemic, 00:05:12.023 --> 00:05:14.119 it was also difficult, 00:05:14.119 --> 00:05:19.466 because at that time the economy was also not clear. 00:05:19.466 --> 00:05:21.508 The hotel is also closed. 00:05:21.916 --> 00:05:25.746 So I thought I should have another income. 00:05:26.270 --> 00:05:31.818 So there I started to think about what I think could be 00:05:31.818 --> 00:05:34.866 an addition to my finances, 00:05:34.866 --> 00:05:37.556 because I also have no partner, 00:05:37.556 --> 00:05:41.219 so I have to think about everything myself. 00:05:41.219 --> 00:05:44.559 [dishes clinking, people talking] 00:05:45.609 --> 00:05:51.677 At that time I thought about what people still need during a pandemic 00:05:51.677 --> 00:05:57.637 and I saw there that the chances of frozen food are very high 00:05:57.637 --> 00:06:04.172 because the average person at home doesn't dare to go out, 00:06:04.172 --> 00:06:07.130 so I started selling frozen food. 00:06:07.130 --> 00:06:10.335 I bought a freezer with the help of my sister. 00:06:13.249 --> 00:06:18.697 It started with selling two and a half kilos of French fries. 00:06:18.697 --> 00:06:20.558 I started from there, 00:06:20.558 --> 00:06:25.096 offering friends just by WhatsApp contact only. 00:06:25.096 --> 00:06:29.436 So, from the WhatsApp status, my friends saw it, 00:06:29.436 --> 00:06:33.100 then tried to buy it, and in the end, 00:06:33.100 --> 00:06:35.846 the products continued to increase. 00:06:36.215 --> 00:06:38.700 I also saw other opportunities 00:06:38.700 --> 00:06:42.198 that I was about to celebrate Eid. 00:06:42.198 --> 00:06:46.205 So I started looking at fashion products. 00:06:46.638 --> 00:06:48.773 [traffic sounds] 00:06:49.624 --> 00:06:51.888 Now for fashion products, 00:06:51.888 --> 00:06:55.306 I don't have to stock all the goods at home, 00:06:55.306 --> 00:06:57.883 so I only do dropship. 00:06:57.883 --> 00:07:01.057 So if someone wants to buy, 00:07:01.057 --> 00:07:03.717 I upload photos of the clothes. 00:07:03.834 --> 00:07:10.308 Then if someone is interested, I will give them a variety of clothes. 00:07:10.308 --> 00:07:13.753 Then he chooses which one he wants, 00:07:13.753 --> 00:07:17.607 and I ask him which size he wants. 00:07:17.607 --> 00:07:21.555 Then later I will send the photos 00:07:21.555 --> 00:07:29.346 to the producer; the producer will send it directly to the buyer on my behalf. 00:07:29.892 --> 00:07:31.494 [traffic sounds] 00:07:32.355 --> 00:07:43.652 In my opinion, there are many rights of persons with disabilities in Indonesia that have not been fulfilled, 00:07:43.652 --> 00:07:53.640 such as the articles about women, about children and also about respect for the household. 00:07:53.640 --> 00:07:58.198 Some are, sometimes advised not to marry. 00:07:58.198 --> 00:08:03.080 There are those who are allowed to get married 00:08:03.080 --> 00:08:06.887 but are advised not to have children, 00:08:06.887 --> 00:08:15.074 those who are allowed to get married but in the end, they don't raise their children themselves 00:08:15.229 --> 00:08:22.048 so there are also many divorces after the marriage and the birth stage. 00:08:22.242 --> 00:08:25.187 For women with disabilities in general, 00:08:25.187 --> 00:08:31.131 believe that we are only part of the diversity of humans, 00:08:31.131 --> 00:08:34.744 that is, that we are born perfect. 00:08:34.744 --> 00:08:44.090 Some may have straight hair, some may have curly hair, some are less. 00:08:45.294 --> 00:08:50.753 When we can position ourselves as complete women, 00:08:50.753 --> 00:08:56.922 then, in fact, we can do anything, 00:09:01.390 --> 00:09:10.318 and that disability is actually only the result of the interaction 00:09:10.318 --> 00:09:18.207 between the disabilities that we have and the accessibility environment around us 00:09:18.207 --> 00:09:24.385 and also the attitude of society when accessibility is available, 00:09:24.385 --> 00:09:29.384 the level of our disability will be much lower. 00:09:36.862 --> 00:09:44.129 A special message for female friends who may now still feel inferior 00:09:44.129 --> 00:09:49.720 or may still have difficulties accessing education 00:09:49.720 --> 00:09:51.738 or in daily life 00:09:51.738 --> 00:09:57.887 or there are problems with partners in the family: 00:10:00.685 --> 00:10:05.419 Keep believing that everything must have a way. 00:10:05.419 --> 00:10:07.987 We can think creatively 00:10:09.211 --> 00:10:10.595 and still struggle 00:10:12.267 --> 00:10:16.581 because when we encounter difficulties, 00:10:16.581 --> 00:10:20.124 that is where our opportunity 00:10:20.124 --> 00:10:24.313 is to find solutions creatively. 00:10:26.916 --> 00:10:29.444 So don't give up, 00:10:29.852 --> 00:10:30.643 keep fighting 00:10:32.702 --> 00:10:35.000 and show that we can.