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INDONESIA STUDY GROUP – Faith-based Organizations and Humanitarian Assistance: Its Roles and Challenges by Dr Rahmawati Husein
| Date | : | 07 Oct 2016 |
| Time | : | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm |
| Venue | : | Asia Research Institute, Seminar Room |
| Contact Person | : | TAY, Minghua |
CHAIRPERSON
Dr Amelia Fauzia, Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore
ABSTRACT
FBOs have a long history of responding to people in need (Ferris, 2005), particularly people at a grass root level in dire situations where the government often could not or fail to provide assistance to them (Shaw and Katsuihciro, 2004). Thus, the discussion aims at describing the role of Muhammadiyah organization, one of the largest Moslem organizations in Indonesia, and its challenges in strengthening capacity in order to have more effective and efficient humanitarian assistance. Muhammadiyah, founded in 1912, is a FBO/NGO/CSO which has extensively extended its mission to take on a role in disaster relief and response in the past decades. Muhammadiyah has an estimate of 35 million members, which contributes to the ability in providing robust humanitarian assistance. Yet, the capacity for emergency relief is still lacking due to inadequacy of knowledge and skills as well as resources.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Rahmawati (Ama) Husein is an assistant professor of the Jusuf Kalla School of Government, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (UMY) and a vice chair of Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center (MDMC), Muhammadiyah Organization. She currently also serves as an advisory board member of the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) (2016-2020). She teaches urban/development planning, public policy and disaster risk reduction, leadership and networks, and research methods. She received her Master in Community Planning / International Development Planning, from University of Cincinnati, Ohio, US, and PhD in Urban and Regional Planning from Texas A&M University, US, with Fulbright scholarship. She served as an LO for Indonesian Mission for Humanitarian Assistance in Nepal, a steering group member for the North and South East Asia Regional Consultation of the World Humanitarian Summit, and served as a program manager for Muhammadiyah relief and response at various hazard events in Indonesia. In 2015, she received the inspirational resilient and humanitarian award from the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency.
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