The women saving Borneo: Indonesia's first all-female firefighting team battles flames and tradition

So, I find this story absolutely inspiring - the Power of Mama is Indonesia's first all-female firefighting team, made up of 146 women from West Kalimantan who patrol high-risk peatland areas on Borneo to prevent and detect forest fires. These women face double pressure, really - not only battling the intense physical challenge of fighting fires in toxic smoke and difficult terrain, but also overcoming deep-rooted village patriarchy that initially dismissed their efforts. Which brings me to what's remarkable: they've actually won over their communities through patient education, explaining how uncontrolled burning harms families while helping farmers understand safer ways to clear land. This year the challenge is particularly acute with a "super" El Niño expected to exacerbate conditions, and thousands of hotspots already burning through peatland that can smoulder underground for weeks.