Gender Equity Leadership Program
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Jabodetabek, Indonesia
Bahasa Indonesia and English (with translation & interpretation)
1st Workshop Dates: Tuesday 14 to Thursday 16 of April 2026
Training Duration (Time in UTC+7 Time) - All in person sessions
- Tuesday 14 April - 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Wednesday 15 April- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
- Thursday 16 April- 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Online Sessions: May 2026 (dates TBC)
2nd Workshop: August 2026( dates TBC)
Final round applications close: Friday, 13 February 2026
Costs that are covered:
- Meals
- Workshop fees
Costs that are not covered:
- Transport to and from the venue
KONEKSI is partnering with AktivAsia to implement the Gender Equity Leadership Program for KONEKSI’s knowledge partners based in Indonesia, GEDSI Networks, and Indonesian government stakeholders.
This is a six-month, intensive life-changing leadership journey that begins with an immersive in-person training on 14–16 April 2026. It goes beyond a short course or workshop. Over six months, participants will engage in rigorous learning, reflection, and practice, strengthening their research and analysis, leadership capabilities, and strategic organizing skills through a feminist and gender equity lens. The program is designed to transform how participants understand power, lead movements, and build collective solutions rooted in justice, care and solidarity.
Who is This Program For?
- Researchers and academics from universities, think tanks and research centers.
- Members of the GEDSI network, including women, gender-diverse and disabled researchers.
- Representatives from Eastern Indonesia and rural or island provinces.
- Policymakers, mid-career professionals and government officials in gender, education and climate sectors.
- Women and gender-diverse Community leaders leading local climate justice campaigns
Selection Criteria:
- Demonstrated commitment to gender equity and social inclusion.
- At least three years of professional or academic experience in research or advocacy.
- Commitment to apply feminist principles in professional contexts.
- Desire to work in cross-sector collaborations.
- Commitment to completing all program phases.
- Diversity across gender identity, region and institutional background.
Program Objectives:
1. Build knowledge and practice of feminist leadership principles - accountability, care, intersectionality and decolonial praxis.
2. Strengthen researchers’ capacity to integrate gender-transformative analysis into methodologies and outputs.
3. Provide inclusive and safe spaces for deepening reflection, cultivating solidarity and supporting mentorship.
4. Foster collaboration between researchers, practitioners, constituents most impacted and policy actors to amplify feminist-informed research and institutional change.
Approach (PEDAGOGY):
Rooted in feminist pedagogy, popular education and decolonial praxis, the program recognizes Indonesia’s diverse research and cultural contexts - where inequities intersect with geography, class and institutional power.
- Awareness-based facilitation: Integrating mindfulness, embodiment and care to build relational and reflective leadership.
- Popular education: Using participatory dialogue and storytelling to value lived experience as a valid knowledge source.
- Feminist pedagogy: Flattening hierarchies between facilitators and participants to promote co-learning and shared authorship.
- Intersectional and decolonial lens: Centering perspectives from women, gender-diverse people, persons with disabilities, indigenous women and underrepresented regions such as Eastern Indonesia.
