Permanent Address : 649 Bloomfield Avenue, Outremont, Montreal, QC H2V3S2, Canada
Phone (home) : (514) 279-5302
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Languages : English and Indonesian (mother tongue); currently taking French course
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1996 - Earned PhD degree in Psychology (e.g., behavioral change communication, stress theories, parenting and attachment theories, illness/health behaviours, child and adolescent psychology, gender and age group as cross-cutting dimensions), the University of Queensland/UQ, Australia.
1989 -1990 – Internship in clinical psychology – Camarillo State Hospital, California - USA
1989 - Earned Dra/Sarjana degree in Psychology, the University of Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia (Thesis: behavioural therapy of obesity).
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Translating and interpreting have been an integral part of my work in Indonesia and East Timor, including reviewing and editing translated documents by professional translators.
Substantive Areas : gender mainstreaming (mainstreaming gender perspectives into poverty reduction, environmental management, good local governance in the era of decentralization, conflict prevention and recovery), reproductive health and rights (including HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence including domestic violence, migrant workers), children in difficult circumstances (children’s rights, child labour, street children), health psychology (e.g., stress, illness and health behaviours), internally displaced persons and humanitarian affairs.
Technical Areas : country programme assessment, programme/project development, project/programme/office management (including monitoring), lessons learned exercise, participatory and final programme evaluation, capacity building (lecturer, facilitator and a coach in on-the-job training), advocacy, behavioural change communication/information, education and communication, qualitative research, translation of technical and policy documents and public relation materials (e.g., press releases, speeches)
Previous Employers: multi and bi-lateral international development organizations (ASEAN, AusAID and USAID funded projects), UN Agencies (UNFPA, UNAIDS, UNDP, ILO), universities (Tarumanagara University, Centre for Societal and Development Studies/Atma Jaya Catholic University, University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology)
Countries : Indonesia, Australia, Cambodia and East Timor
RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Period / Position / Employer02/2003 -08/2003 / Gender Specialist / UNDP Indonesia
01/2003 -02/2003 / Consultant for preparation of the Country Profile of HIV/AIDS / UNAIDS
04/2002 – 12/2002 / Advisor on Reproductive Health and Gender / UNFPA East Timor
03/2001-03/2002 / Programme Officer for East Timor/Acting Chief of Operations / UNFPA East Timor
02 - 03/ 2001 / Country Programme Development Consultant / UNFPA Indonesia
01/2001 / Member of final internal evaluation team
AusAID-funded 5 year project in four provinces / Indonesia HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention and Care Project
11 - 12/ 2000 / Country Programme Development Consultant / UNFPA Indonesia
03 - 07/
2000 /
Consultant for preparation of ASEAN reports on social indicators and advancement of women
/ ASEAN03 – 07/
2000 / Member of final internal evaluation team
USAID funded – a 5 year project in 3 provinces / HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (Family Health International
11/1999 - 02/2000 / Country Programme Coordinator (country population assessment exercise) / UNFPA - Cambodia
05/1998 - 10/1999 / Special Assistant to the Representative or Special Adviser / UNFPA Indonesia
11/97 / Consultant to prepare Country Profile on HIV/AIDS / UNAIDS Indonesia
08/1996 - 07/1997 / Project Manager
'Qualitative and Participatory Evaluation of NGOs' Activities and Programmes', (FHI-USAID funded), targeting 15 NGOs in 3 provinces. Translation of video for ILO / Centre for Societal and Development Studies/Atma Jaya Catholic University, Indonesia
1994-1996 / Part-time tutor in health psychology and Bahasa Indonesia / University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology
Programme/Project Development
· UNDP Indonesia:
(a) Provided technical inputs into formulation, monitoring and evaluation of UNDP programmes/projects in terms of the integration of gender perspectives [e.g., good local governance, peace building and recovery (e.g., needs assessment of internally displaced persons in Central Sulawesi), and poverty reduction programmes];
(b) Prepared a gender mainstreaming project on the substantive areas of poverty reduction, environmental management, good governance, HIV/AIDS, and conflict prevention and recovery as well as strengthening institutional capacity of Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and technical working groups of select line ministries in mainstreaming gender perspectives into their programmes and policies,
· UNFPA East Timor: (a) finalized a project document on gender-based violence, (b) prepared a project document on ‘maternity waiting home’ and a gender subprogramme document.
· UNFPA Indonesia: (a) finalized the Reproductive Health, Population and Development Strategy, and Advocacy sub-programme documents with gender as a cross cutting dimension; (b)prepared project documents on advocacy and adolescent reproductive health.
· UNFPA Cambodia: (a) prepared some chapters, (b) integrated sectoral (population and development, reproductive health and advocacy with gender and Information Education and Communication as cross-cutting dimensions) and sub-sectoral reports prepared by several authors, (c) content-edited the reports and revised them into a final version.
· UNFPA Indonesia: (a) focal point of Country Population Assessment (duties included: recruitment of consultants, monitored progress of the exercise, reviewed the draft report); (b) focal point of humanitarian affairs (duties included conducting assessment of situation of internally displaced persons in Aceh).
· Atma-Jaya Catholic University: prepared the second phase of proposal for AusAID-funded on health education for street children.
office/programme/project management
· Served as Programme Officer/Acting Chief of Operations for one year (Country Director was based in Indonesia); Officer-in-Charge of UNFPA East Timor.
· Managed the gender-based violence project of UNFPA East Timor until the project manager was recruited and continued to provide managerial and technical support to the project management afterward in the capacity as Adviser and the focal point of Gender Sub-Programme.
· Provided technical support to project implementation of UNFPA East Timor, including preparation of training modules, facilitation of trainings of midwives and police officers.
· Secured additional funding from USAID for the gender project (UNFPA East Timor).
· Prepared office and project workplans and Annual reports (UNFPA Indonesia and UNFPA East Timor).
· Monitoring of the community recovery programme (poverty reduction programme of UNDP Indonesia)
Evaluation
· Updated a report on ‘ASEAN Social Indicators’ and Advancement of Women in ASEAN (consultancy assignment with ASEAN).
· Member of final internal/lessons learned evaluation team of
(1) Indonesia HIV/AIDS and STD Prevention and Care Project (AusAID-funded) – a 5 year project in four provinces
(2) HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (Family Health International - USAID) – a 5 year project
Duties :
Developed framework for analyzing and synthesizing the data (based on secondary data and staff interview data), and drawing lessons learned on all key management issues; prepared management section of the evaluation report.
· Provided training on qualitative and participatory evaluation to 15 NGOs and relevant government officials in 3 cities in Indonesia (USAID-funded project).
Capacity building
· Provided technical inputs for other colleagues in terms of the application of Gender and Development strategy into formulation and evaluation of UNDP projects/programmes (e.g., good local governance programme, peace building and recovery project).
· Coached colleagues to adaptat relevant gender instruments (e.g., gender audit for the poverty reduction programme).
· Provided technical support for the gender-based violence project’s staff and partners, including how to adapt a training module on domestic violence for police and facilitated the trainings, which covered the concepts of gender and human rights (UNFPA East Timor).
· Adapted a training module on participatory evaluation of NGO’ projects and facilitated the training for 15 local NGOs and government officials in 3 provinces of Indonesia (USAID-funded HIV/AIDS project).
· Lectured on health psychology and community psychology, including child abuse, Convention of Rights of Children (CRC) – Psychology Department of Atmajaya Catholic University, Jakarta.
· Tutored in health psychology and Bahasa - University of Queensland and Queensland University of Technology
Public relations/advocacy
· Prepared press releases; speeches for Representatives of UNFPA and UNDP; briefing notes for the press, national and international events (e.g., Briefing note for the Donor's Meeting) while working for UNFPA Indonesia and East Timor.
PAPERS/REPORTS
UNAIDS (2003). National Response to HIV/AIDS/STIs : A Country Profile.
HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (HAPP) (2000). 1996-2000 : Lessons Learned. Published.
HIV/AIDS Prevention Project (HAPP) (2000). Internal Evaluation Report. Published.
ASEAN (2000). ‘ASEAN Social Indicators’. Unpublished.
ASEA. ‘Advancement of Women in ASEAN’.
UNFPA-Cambodia. Country Population Assessment of Cambodia. Unpublished.
UNAIDS (1998). National Response to HIV/AIDS/STD : A Country Profile. Unpublished.
UNFPA. Content-edited a report on domestic violence in East Timor, a series of articles on gender-based violence for a major newspaper in East Timor in commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
Joint technical/policy papers with Representative of UNFPA Indonesia, Mr. Nesim Tumkaya:
Current Status and Challenges on Reproductive Health and Rights including Family Planning in Asian Countries. Presented by N. Tumkaya at the Seminar on Primary Health Care and Reproductive Health, held by Asian Urban Information Center of Kobe, from 25 August to 10 September 1999, in Kobe, Japan.
The impact of globalization on health care : The case of Indonesia, presented by N. Tumkaya, UNFPA Representative, Indonesia, in the ESCAP Policy Seminar and Expert Group Meeting on the Impact of Globalization on Population Change and Poverty in Rural Areas, in Bangkok : 30 March to 2 April 1999.
Reproductive Health in Indonesia In Light of ICPD: Progress and Challenges. Presented at the Proceeding of the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Social Science and Medicine (APSSAM) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 7th –11th December 1998.
Country Experiences in Indonesia : Best Practices and Lessons Learned. Presented by the Representative of UNFPA at the UNFPA-Country Support Teams' Technical Meeting on Adolescent Reproductive Health in Bangkok, 19th – 22nd October 1998.