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16 June 2025

A Night to Remember: Gig on the Green Debuts in Kupang

The Australian Consulate-General in Bali proudly hosted the first-ever Gig on the Green in Kupang on 14 June, bringing together ar... Read more

Stories

20 May 2023

Jeanne Rini Poespoprodjo Strives to Eradicate Malaria in Papua Through Evidence-Based Strategy

The 2023 Promoting Women's Empowerment and Social Inclusion Awardee. Rini earned her PhD from Charles Darwin University&r... Read more

15 May 2023

Niken Dwi Wahyu Cahyani, A Trailblazer in Cyber Security and Digital Forensics

When Niken Dwi Wahyu Cahyani was accepted to study computer sciences, she didn’t really know a lot about the subject. Little... Read more

08 May 2023

Fitri Zakiah and the Admirable Dedication to Serve Her Home District

Since she was still in high school, Fitri Zakiah knew that she wanted to serve as a civil servant in her hometown of Belitung Timu... Read more

02 May 2023

Maria Mediatrix Mali: Malaria Control and Empowering Children

Maria Mediatrix Mali learned about the toll of malaria on children and young people soon after she moved to Maumere, East Nusa Ten... Read more

19 April 2023

Andika Budi Hermawan Hopes to Use Data Science to Improve Weather Forecasting

The violent eruption of Mount Merapi in October 2010 encouraged Andika Budi Hermawan, an Australia Awards scholar, to pursue a car... Read more

24 March 2023

Sri Wiyanti Eddyono: The Endless Battle For Women's Empowerment

After almost 30 years of dedicated work, feminist lawyer and academic Sri Wiyanti Eddyono has seen how times may change, but the s... Read more

23 March 2023

Lusia Palulungan: Women’s Empowerment as the Foundation of Leadership

The fight for gender equality and women’s empowerment is a multi-faceted endeavour. Lusia Palulungan, women’s rights a... Read more

15 March 2023

Lies Marcoes Natsir Connects Islam and Gender Equality through Research and Advocacy

Indonesian women have made varying degrees of progress in education, political participation, and leadership over the past decades... Read more

09 March 2023

Carolina Martha Sumampouw and the Relentless Fight toward Restorative Justice

On 12 April 2022, women’s rights advocates collectively cheered as Indonesian lawmakers passed the Sexual Violence Crimes La... Read more

01 March 2023

Monita Wambrauw Leads the Way for Women in Transport Systems Engineering in Papua

International Women's Day falls on March 8th and is dedicated to celebrating women's exceptional accomplishments and promo... Read more

24 February 2023

Wellem Anselmus Teniwut and the Pursuit to Improve the Livelihood of Fisherfolks in Remote Island through Supply Chain Solutions

When Wellem Anselmus Teniwut received an Australia Awards Scholarship in 2021, he was determined to pursue doctoral research to he... Read more

20 February 2023

David Mondru Sihotang: Serving the Country with Taxation Knowledge

David Mondru Sihotang believes his successful career as a senior tax analyst at Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance is in God&rs... Read more

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