Doctor Funding

An organization is seeking to raise Rp 100 million (US$6,736) via kitabisa.com for  Mami Yuli, 57, to become the first openly transgender person in Indonesia
to finish her doctoral degree on Constitutional Law.

Yulianus is better known as Mami Nuni.

He is a transgender activist

Nuni is a leader of The Indonesian Waria Communication Forum (FKWI).


The forum took to the crowdfunding campaign website for donations to assist her in completing her studies.

She faced financial difficulties.


Waria, a portmanteau of the words wanita (woman) and pria (man).

It refers to transgender people.

Yuli is currently undertaking her doctoral studies at Jayabaya University's Law School in Jakarta.

However, she needs to secure at least Rp 100 million to hold her public defense or presentation for her thesis

Public defense or presentation for her thesis is a requirement for her to complete her degree.


He wants to be a living proof for her community that transgender [women] have capability and they are able to make achievements, like herself.

There is only one more step [for Yuli] to achieve her doctoral degree.

It will be the pride of the transgender women's community in Indonesia.


She achieved her master's degree in criminal law with cum laude distinction at Tama Jagakarsa University in Jakarta in 2015.

Her academic achievement was a way of fighting discrimination and violence against transgender people.

She was also the initiator of the establishment of Rumah Singgah Waria (Transgender Shelter).

It has been “internationally recognized as the world’s first transgender nursing home”.

In 2015, he said he wanted to fight ill treatment against transgender people with positivity, such as by proving that they can also be intellectuals like other people.

Yuli aimed to take her lawyer accreditation and become the first transgender lecturer in Indonesia.

This is an ambition that she hoped could inspire fellow transgender people to follow in her footsteps.

“When you pursue education, people look at you differently, because you will have improved your ability to present yourself and speak to the public, as well as enabling you to live in a better environment,”.


As of Thursday afternoon, a total of Rp 2.4 million has been raised via the website.

The fundraising is scheduled to end in 57 days. (evi)






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http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/09/13/forum-seeks-to-raise-rp-100m-for-transgender-activist-to-finish-doctoral-degree.html