Kamala Chandrakirana joins the GFCF board!

The GFCF is delighted to announce the appointment of Kamala Chandrakirana to its board. Kamala – or Nana, as she is fondly known – is an Indonesian feminist and advocate for human rights, justice, and democracy. She has extensive engagements within civil society at local, national, regional and global levels on gender equality, human rights, transitional justice, social justice, progressive Islam, and sustainable resourcing for social movements. Nationally, Kamala is in the governance bodies of organizations working on human rights (ELSAM), grassroots women’s empowerment (Pekka), progressive Islam (Rahima & Fahmina), resourcing social movements (Indonesia Untuk Kemanusiaan), and research on social transformation (Rukun Bestari).

As an Executive Board member of Indonesia Untuk Kemanusiaan (Indonesia for Humanity or IKa), Kamala has been one of the driving forces behind the development of an emerging body of work, “pemaknaan”, an emerging practice aimed at serving as alternative to the conventional donor-designed monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) models.

Speaking about her appointment, Kamala commented: “At a time when we are called upon to create bold alternatives to the tired and harmful systems that dominate the world today, it is an honor to be invited to this community of pathbreakers in the GFCF Board.”