ACE Conference 2016 - Nani Zulminarni.pdf

Nani has more than 28 years’ experience in women’s empowerment. She is a gender and development specialist, popular educator, and activist, with a passion for community organising and the economic and political empowerment of grass roots women. Nani founded PEKKA, an organisation that supports over 30,000 rural widows, abandoned and divorced women in more than 800 villages throughout Indonesia. PEKKA assists its members and leaders with access to livelihood resources, decision-making processes, social protection and justice. Nani was an ASPBAE executive committee member from 2000-2008, a founder and advisor of JASS-SEA, a member of the International Advisory Group of Musawah, and member of AWID. She has received a number of national and international awards for her work including the Saparinah Sadli Award in 2010 and the Lotus Leadership Award and Global Fairness Award in 2014.