Mariana Y.H. Opat actively campaigns on issues concerning comprehensive sexuality education, feminism, gender-based violence and other women's issues. In 2016, Tata formed the Tenggara Youth Community to educate children and adolescents in the PMSEU (poor, marginal, socially excluded & underserved) category related to sexual and reproductive health rights. Tenggara works in the East Nusa Tenggara region.
Elsye is a passionate educator and has been working for KEWITA Learning Initiatives as a tutor and organiser since 2019 producing creative and interesting material for young women and girls. Her action project focuses on literacy for Indigenous Papuan elementary school students. Elsye is passionate about building capacities within her organisation and communities in Papua. She has interests related to Indigenous communities and the implementation of literacy programmes, and has visited schools in Aotearoa to see literacy programmes in action.
Engel is an active environmentalist with the EcoNusa Foundation in Ambon, Maluku and campaigns on issues around the climate crisis. Through Mitra Muda UNICEF, she is a speaker for Youth for the SDGs Summit 2022, and was chosen to represent UNICEF Indonesia in the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Engel’s action project is on coral reef preservation, specifically the need to revitalize coral reefs in the Hulaliu village coastal area.
Particular interests: Coastal management, Māori and Indigenous knowledge
Linda Tagie is the founder of Lowewini, a volunteer-led community organisation that uses education and cultural arts to promote social equality and create safe spaces for women and children who are victims of violence. Linda is also an indigenous Sabunese woman. She actively conducts research and writes about indigenous women on the island of Hawu, East Nusa Tenggara.
Ela is passionate about education and social issues. Since 2016, she has worked for NGOs who collaborate with IOM in Makassar to provide education to Unaccompanied Migrant Children (UMC) programmes, and currently volunteers with Lembaga Studi Kebijakan Publik (LSKP). She has been actively involved in developing informal education programmes for refugees in Makassar. Her action project relates to empowerment of women refugees.
“What makes me really proud is not only how they work for the garden, but also the growing mindset to experiment with things, including failure.”
The goal of this project is to reduce youth economic vulnerability in Keta village by developing livelihood strategy through participatory process.
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“Some of our participants were illegal hunters—now, they are eco-guides, tree managers, and cooking class facilitators. That transformation is our biggest success.”\
The Purpose of this project is to enable local Community and Illegal Hunters conserve the Rinjani forest, protect flora and fauna through the development of Rinjani Ecotourism.
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“Our success came not just from planning, but from listening and returning—people trusted us because we came back.”
The Purpose of this project is to understand the factors that cause women farmers in Sentosa Village sell their crops at low price, and to use Co-Design to create and test the prototype to address this issue.
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Melan works for Elsham Papua in the Women’s division of this human rights organisation. Melan’s focus is on violence against women and women’s rights. Her interests are in NGO training programmes to strengthen women’s capacity to work on human rights and women’s rights in their communities. Her action project is on women farmers in Sentosa village in Jayapura who struggle to sell their crops due to marginalization, transport, and location.
Particular interests: Gender, Indigenous issues
Email: sorabut07@gmail.com
“This project taught me that education is not only about theory but about connecting teachers with their own context, values, and creativity.”
The overall aim of the project is to enhance the children’s learning experience at Early Childhood Education (ECE) in South Amfoang sub-district, Kupang District by conducting capacity building training for the ECE teachers to provide lesson plans and an environment conducive to learning.
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