Kebun Kali Code

ECOFEMINISM

Women at the center of land and life.

At Kebun Kali Code, the care of the earth and the care of the community are inseparable — and both are led by women.

Kebun Kali Code operates from an ecofeminist foundation: local women are not just members or participants — they are the primary stewards of this land, this food system, and this community's future. Penanggung Jawab Fitri Wahyu Widyaningsih and the ibu-ibu of Ledok Tukangan are the reason this garden exists and keeps growing.

Why ecofeminism

Ecofeminism recognises that the exploitation of nature and the marginalisation of women share the same root. At Kebun Kali Code, the response is practical: put women in charge of the land, the food, the knowledge, and the community decisions. Not as an ideology — as a practice that has been working since 2019.

Cloth menstrual pads — sovereignty over the body

In January 2023, the community launched workshops on making reusable cloth menstrual pads (pembalut kain ramah lingkungan) — connecting bodily autonomy to environmental consciousness. The program expanded in July 2024 with a sharing session in collaboration with Biyung and Bidadari from Malaysia, building a cross-border network of women practicing sustainable menstrual health.

Reproductive health as community knowledge

Health education doesn't stay in clinics here. Reproductive health workshops are part of the regular community program — knowledge shared between neighbours, mothers, and daughters in the same garden where food is grown. The body and the land are cared for with the same hands.

International recognition

In 2023, Kebun Kali Code collaborated with the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney on a mural project addressing climate crisis and reproductive health in Kampung Ledok Tukangan — the intersection of environmental and feminist advocacy made visible on the walls of the neighbourhood itself.

“The women who grow food here also grow the community. You cannot separate one from the other.”
Fitri Wahyu Widyaningsih, Penanggung Jawab

Timeline

  1. 2019 — Women of Kampung Kali Code lead the founding

  2. Sept 2021 — 1,200 seedlings planted by ibu-ibu warga

  3. Jan 2023 — Cloth menstrual pad workshop launched

  4. 2023 — Reproductive health mural with UNSW Sydney / Kirby Institute

  5. July 2024 — Cross-border collaboration with Biyung & Bidadari Malaysia

By the numbers

2019
women-led since founding
2023
UNSW Sydney / Kirby Institute collaboration
2+
countries in women's health network

Be part of what grows next.

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