Bio

Kamala Chandrakirana is an Indonesian feminist and advocate for human rights, justice, and democracy. During the first decade of the Indonesia’s post-authoritarian reform period, she led the building of a national mechanism for women’s human rights and documentation of gender-based violations in diverse conflict-affected regions. After completing her term, she coordinated a national network of human rights and survivor organizations advocating truth and justice for past gross violations. Internationally, Kamala co-founded the Urgent Action Fund for Women’s Human Rights Asia & Pacific and Musawah, a global movement for equality and justice in the Muslim family. She was a member of the UN Working Group on discrimination against women in the UN Human Rights Council’s Special Procedures (2011-2017).