MS. NUKILA EVANTY

Executive Director

Women Working Group

Jl. Menteng Atas Selatan III/21

Jakarta Selatan

INDONESIA

Expertise Areas

Women Rights and Land; Indigenous Rights and Indigenous Land Law; Farmer Rights and Agriculture Law; Fisherfolk and Marine; Climate Change Law and Policy, Environmental and Human Rights Law, Disaster Management Law

Brief Bio

Ms. Nukila Evanty is the Executive Director of WWG. Nukila has more than 15 years of experience in research on gender and human rights; advocacy; capacity building; program management; gender-based education and human rights; and women's empowerment. Experience working in various intergovernmental organisations; international institutions, research institutions and also civil society organisations. She has an educational background in international law, business and human rights, gender, environment, specializing in environmental crime and organized crime.She graduated from the Faculty of Law University of Diponegoro (UNDIP) in Semarang Indonesia; University of Groningen (RUG) in the Netherlands ; University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Australia as well as Uppsala University in Sweden. She has led various international projects such as from UNESCO-the Indonesia Trust Fund; Keepers of the Earth Fund; Resilience Fund/ the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime; The United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples; Alumni Grant Scheme, Australia; Women's Fund Asia; New Zealand Embassy Fund (HEF) and many more.

Nukila Evanty is also a legal expert and visiting lecturer at universities in Indonesia. She comes from the indigenous people of Rokan Hilir, Riau, and she is currently the chairwoman of the Indigenous Community Initiation or Inisiasi Masyarakat Adat (IMA). Nukila is involved in research and advocacy for indigenous land or customary land belonging to the resilience of Indigenous peoples of Indonesia who live around the forests, mountains and the sea.