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Presentations and conferences

Dr Rachael Diprose convened the Australia-Indonesia in Conversation 21-22 July 2021 and and with Dr Amalinda Savirani presented “Gender, women’s collective action and COVID-19 responses” on 22 July 2021.

Research Development Impact.

Speaker: Pre-Conference Event #2 Live roundtable & workshop: Collaborating on Peaceful Futures in Asia and the Pacific.

Rachael Diprose: Gender, power and decentralised governance: Women’s ‘networked collective action’ and influence on development in rural Indonesia.

Dr Rachael Diprose and Dr Ken Setiawan, “Building Leadership and Influence from the Grassroots: Women Driving Change in Indonesia”, Faculty of Arts International Women’s Day Event, University of Melbourne, 8 March 2021.

Dr Rachael Diprose and Dr Amalinda Savirani, “Women’s Collective Action and the Village Law”, Universitas Gadjah Mada webinar, 23 November 2020.

Dr Rachael Diprose, Dr Amalinda Savirani and teams from the University of Melbourne and Universitas Gadjah Mada, “Women’s Collective Action and the Village Law”, Ministry of Village, Development of Disadvantaged Regions and Transmigration of Republic of Indonesia and the National Development Planning Agency (BAPPENAS) webinar, 29 September 2020.

Dr Rachael Diprose, Dr Amalinda Savirani and Dr Ken Setiawan, “Women’s Collective Action and the Village Law”, World Bank, webinar, 28 August 2020.

Rachael Diprose and teams from the University of Melbourne and Universitas Gadjah Mada, “Innovation and challenges for rural women in responding to COVID-19”, World Bank Webinar, July 2020. 7 consultative discussions with CSO partners PEKKA and KAPAL Perempuan, ‘Aisyiyah, BaKTI, FPL, Migrant CARE, PERMAMPU, Yasanti and Bitra, June/July 2020

Interviews and Articles


Listen to episode 59 of Ear to Asia: Empowering women in Indonesia’s villages


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