Thursday, 9 December, 2021 – 14:00 to 16:00
To mark International Human Rights Day, the ANU Indonesia Institute is hosting a discussion on women鈥檚 rights and gender equality听in Indonesia. Speakers will examine the extent to which听Indonesian women have achieved equality in a broad array of political,听economic听and social fields, and听what听Indonesian women are听doing today to overcome the obstacles that lie in the path of gender equality. Join us for what is sure to be an important,听challenging听and inspiring discussion.
2-4pm AEDT (Canberra UTC+11)
10am-12pm WIB (Jakarta UTC+7)
Please note: Simultaneous translation from English into Bahasa Indonesia will be available on a separate channel in the zoom meeting.
Chair
Dr Eva Nisa
Senior Lecturer, School of Culture, History and Languages, and ANU Indonesia Institute
The Australian National University.
Topics and speakers
Pursuing equal political representation.
Sri Budi Eko Wardani
Lecturer in the Department of Political Science and Director of the Center for Political Studies, Universitas Indonesia.
Achieving women鈥檚 sexual and reproductive rights and health.
Dr Marcia Soumokil
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Countering gender-based violence and harassment.
Anindya Restuviani
Director of Jakarta Feminist and Co-Director of Hollaback! Jakarta.
The gender听pay听gap and female labour force participation.
顿谤听Diana Contreras Suarez
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne.
Women in the media and building a feminist voice.
顿别惫颈听础蝉尘补谤补苍颈
Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of women-focused听webmagazine听Magdalene ()
Speaker Biographies
顿谤听Eva Nisa听is a cultural anthropologist and expert in Islamic studies. Her research and publications focus on the intersections between religious, cultural, political, economic, legal, social, and philosophical aspects of peoples鈥� lives. She is interested in global currents of Islam reshaping the lives of Muslims in Southeast Asia, especially Indonesia and Malaysia. Her research has involved international collaborative projects with scholars from the USA, Germany, Australia, the听Netherlands, Indonesia, Austria, Malaysia, New Zealand,听Thailand听and Singapore. Currently, she serves on the editorial board of听The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology.听
顿谤听Marcia Soumokil听is the director of听Ipas Indonesia.听Prior to joining Ipas, Dr. Soumokil worked for several international organizations within Indonesia in the areas of HIV, adolescent reproductive health, maternal and newborn health, and health governance. Dr. Soumokil is a trained medical doctor and began her career as a general practice physician in a community health clinic. She also holds a听Masters of Public Health听degree from University of Melbourne, Australia. She currently serves on the boards of the Indonesia AIDS Coalition.听
Sri Budi Eko Wardani听is听a听lecturer in Department of Political Science Universitas Indonesia. She is also the Director of Center for Political Studies Universitas Indonesia. She is taking her doctoral degree in politics at Department of Political Science Universitas Indonesia. Some of her previous notable research were Indonesian Voting听Behavior听on 1999 Election (1999-2000, collaboration with Ohio State University, USA), Strengthen and Monitoring of 2004 General Election (2003-2004, collaboration with CETRO),鈥� Women Political Participation and Advocacy for Adoption Affirmative Policy in Political Party Law and Election Law (2007-2009, collaboration with The Asia Foundation), and Representation of Women in National and Local Legislature after 2009 Election (July 鈥� December 2010, collaboration with The Asia Foundation & AusAID).听听
顿谤听Diana Contreras Suarez听is a听Senior Research Fellow听at the听Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research. Her research is听driven by questions on how to improve the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged听populations, and听focuses on听understanding human capital formation throughout the life cycle as well as how public policy or programs work on achieving improved lives.听She uses听econometrics techniques to听look into听those questions, with听most of听her听expertise in developing countries, including Indonesia.听听
顿别惫颈听础蝉尘补谤补苍颈听is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of women-focused听webmagazine听Magdalene (). Her 25 years鈥� experience in journalism began at听The Jakarta Post, followed by听The Straits Times听of Singapore, where she wrote news reports, in-depth听articles听and analyses on various issues from politics, conflicts, terrorism to natural disasters. She has also written columns, articles, essays as well as works of fiction for various local and international publications. She is also a writing and journalism instructor, and gender and media facilitator, and has worked as a consultant with international organizations.听Devi is the recipient of S.K. Trimurti Awards for her work in promoting gender equality in journalism.鈥�听
Anindya Restuviani听is听Program Director of Jakarta Feminist听and听Co-Director听of听Hollaback! Jakarta. She is a听feminist activist with expertise in gender equality听and a听history of working in听the听development sector on issues听of gender, children, and vulnerable youth with strong experience in feminist advocacy and organizing within grassroots communities and at the听local,听national听and global level.