15th Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture on community learning and reconciliation
View(s):The 15th Neelan Tiruchelvam Memorial Lecture titled “Stone and Flower: Truth as a Foundation for Community Learning and Reconciliation”, will be delivered by Ms. Galuh Wandita Soedjatmoko from Indonesia today, Sunday, August 3 at 6 p.m. at the BMICH, Committee Room A.
This is the 15th lecture held in memory of Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam who was assassinated on July 29, 1999. The Trust will also pay tribute to its founder, Ms. Sithie Tiruchelvam, who passed away on March 22 this year. Besides her various achievements in the field of corporate law, she established the Trust as a public foundation supporting community efforts to promote peace building, justice and reconciliation.
Ms Soedjatmoko has over the last two decades worked with several local organizations in East Timor and Indonesia on rights, reconciliation and peace-building. Before moving to East Timor in 1999, she worked for 10 years with Oxfam, focusing on support for local NGOs working in conflict areas in Eastern Indonesia. She is a founding member of the women’s organization, Fokupers, in Timor-Leste, established in 1997. In 1999, her work focused on providing support for those affected by violence, including internally displaced persons (IDPs) and women victims of violence in East Timor.
She obtained a BA in Anthropology from Swarthmore College in 1988, and completed a Masters in International Human Rights Law at the University of Oxford in 2007. She is presently Director of Asia Justice and Rights, Indonesia.
In her lecture Ms. Soedjatmokowill focus on processes that enable the transformation of the lives of those affected by violence and their communities.
The public is warmly invited to attend.