Meet The Team

Agast's research focus is social welfare policy and programs for vulnerable children and families. She joined PUSKAPA in 2012. Agast was involved in the development of child protection concentration at Universitas Indonesia. She also concluded research and advocacy for the implementation of an integrated social welfare service model for vulnerable children. Agast holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Science from Universitas Indonesia and a master’s degree in Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree in Melbourne University. Agast is also a lecturer at the Department of Social Welfare, at Universitas Indonesia.

Maya has worked in the field of accounting for over 13 years in the private sector. Looking for an experience working in a non-profit organization, she joined PUSKAPA as the Finance Manager. She found where she belongs in PUSKAPA. Her primary responsibility is managing and organizing all daily financial management in PUSKAPA.

Ima started the collaboration with PUSKAPA at the end of 2013. At that time, Ima was involved in the project of developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Integrated Services for Marriage Itsbat Sessions, Registration and Issuance of Marriage Books, and Registration and Issuance of Child Birth Certificates for Muslim Communities in 4 districts/ cities in Indonesia. After that, Ima who has experience as a Consultant in making SOPs since 2006 helped PUSKAPA develop the PUSKAPA institutional system and SOPs and service SOPs related to the pillars of PUSKAPA. In 2020 Ima officially joined PUSKAPA as Senior Operations Manager, and currently Ima plays the role of Head of Operations.

Widi graduated from The Australian National University with a Master of Economic Policy degree after graduated from the School of Economics in Universitas Indonesia. Prior to PUSKAPA, she worked at the Institute of Economic and Social Research – University of Indonesia (LPEM-FEUI) as a researcher. Widi has a range of research experience including on inclusive growth in Indonesia, analysis of deforestation in Indonesia, and impact evaluation of universal health insurance scheme in Indonesia. Widi is a strong advocate for the rights of the child and seeks to use her training in economics to promote child rights through PUSKAPA.

After graduating from the University of Washington’s Master’s of Law (LL.M.), Putri joined PUSKAPA in 2013 and led the Access to Justice Pillar. Since then, Putri has been involved in reviewing, drafting, and advocating policies related to child protection and wellbeing. Putri is particularly interested in the issue of juvenile justice and policy reform, which leads her to support working groups in the Supreme Court to establish their internal regulations on Legal Services for The Poor and implementing regulation on Indonesia's new Juvenile Justice Law. In 2016, Putri was promoted as Head of Programs in PUSKAPA, expanding her role in supervising all three pillars in PUSKAPA.

Rahmadi obtained a bachelor’s degree in English Education from the State Institute of Islamic Studies Ar-Raniry Banda Aceh and a master’s degree in child protection from Universitas Indonesia. Since 2004, he has been working with international organizations on issues such as health, community development, capacity building for government staff and stakeholders, child protection, conflict resolution, and monitoring and evaluation. Rahmadi had also worked closely with communities for emergency response. Through his six years of work experience in PUSKAPA he has developed expertise in leading teams in the field, mapping sites and conducting data collection. In 2019, Rahmadi was selected to lead the legal identity and CRVS pillar in PUSKAPA.

Wenny has a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Universitas Indonesia, majoring in in clinical and developmental psychology. She is trained mostly in quantitative research methods and is willing to learn other approaches driven by her interests in contributing to the work of child protection and wellbeing.

Clara received a master’s degree in public policy from Australian National University (ANU) and a BA in political science from Gadjah Mada University. She has a strong background in politics and social policy analysis acquired from her past working experiences and academic training. Before joining PUSKAPA, Clara worked with the World Bank on disability mapping in eastern Indonesia and with Hivos as an monitoring and evaluation officer for the Global Fund project on populations most at risk for HIV/AIDS in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, and Timor Leste. She joined PUSKAPA to contribute to where social issues are deliberated and innovative solutions are formulated and tested. Clara is currently pursuing her PhD at ANU.

Yando graduated from Universitas Indonesia’s Public Administration department. During his undergraduate years in 2011, Yando worked part-time as data enumerator at PUSKAPA. After graduated, he joined PUSKADIS (Center for Disability Studies) in Universitas Indonesia where he was involved in numerous national and international projects for research and advocacy on disability. He joined PUSKAPA in 2017, where he implements his skills and experience to strengthen the Inclusion and Social Protection pillar. Yando is currently pursuing his master's degree in Public Health at Universitas Indonesia.

Meutia Aulia Rahmi has a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Universitas Indonesia. During her undergraduate study, she was involved in numerous field research, both quantitative research and qualitative research, on poverty, health, and welfare issues of women and children. Before joining PUSKAPA in full time capacity, Meutia has been involved in PUSKAPA's legal identity and CRVS research.

Bill holds a bachelor's degree in criminology from Universitas Indonesia, which focus on transnational crime concentration. He was deeply interested in research activities since college, thus led him to know and work with PUSKAPA. Bill was impressed by PUSKAPA’s passion: research should help every children, even the marginalized one. Now, Bill joins PUSKAPA as a research and advocacy assistant on Pillar Acces to Justice. Personally, Bill has an interest in juvenile justice system, especially on the issues of rehabilitation and reintegration issues.

During his undergraduate, Qodri has been interested in child and maternal health issues and mostly applied quantitative research to his study. He found PUSKAPA and has been amazed by PUSKAPA’s multidisciplinary works to improve children's wellbeing through research and advocacy. He sought the opportunity to sharpen his research approach both qualitative and quantitative in PUSKAPA. Since then, Qodri decided to join PUSKAPA through PUSKAPA’s internship program named BKdP and was selected as a research and advocacy assistant after graduating from Universitas Indonesia. Qodri obtained a bachelor’s degree in Public Health from Universitas Indonesia, focusing on Biostatistics.

Passionate about democracy, human rights, and good governance, Danang, a graduate of the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran University, with a concentration in constitutional law, decided to join PUSKAPA as a research and advocacy officer in the access to justice pillar. Since his college days, Danang has been interested in research and advocacy. This was proven by participating in academic competitions, organizations, internships at the Bandung Legal Aid Institute (LBH), and becoming a research assistant at the Padjadjaran Institute for Legal and Policy (PLEGACY) FH Unpad. Now, with PUSKAPA, Danang wants to cultivate this interest to have a broad impact on society. For him, this is done by making research and advocacy a tool to encourage the formation of inclusive, evidence-based, and socially responsible policies.

Ainun holds a bachelor's degree from the Universitas Indonesia in economics. She started joining PUSKAPA in 2019 through the 1st batch of the "Belajar Kerja di PUSKAPA" program when she was an undergraduate student. Inspired by the way PUSKAPA works and also the commitment to protect all children in Indonesia, she decided to join PUSKAPA as a Research and Advocacy Assistant right after her graduation. As an alumni of the "Belajar Kerja di PUSKAPA'' program, she is now managing the program as one of her responsibilities.

After completing her bachelor’s degree in business administration, Yulianti worked in the secretariat administration department for an NGO, for more than 5 years. Seeking new challenges in a similar area, Yulianti joined PUSKAPA in August 2014.

Rasti obtained her Diploma in Administration Management Program at Bina Sarana Informatika,
Depok. Rasti started her career in the NGO Environment for almost 7 years, starting in 2013 in the forestry
sector under the supervision of the government in the Dewan Kehutanan Nasional as Administrator. In
2014, she joined an international NGO that focused on conserving palm oil and wild animal,
as an administration staff to manage daily operational activities. Her curiosity on child protection and development is what drove her to join PUSKAPA.

Ilham graduated from the Bogor Agricultural Institute, majoring in accounting in 2009. He has thirteen years of work experience in various fields of work such as retail companies, cooperatives, government and the last eight years he has worked in non-profit organizations. Currently he is starting his new adventure by joining PUSKAKA in April 2023 as a senior finance officer.

Rayi is a graduate of the Accounting Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business at Swadaya Gunung Jati University, Cirebon. She has three years of experience as a tax volunteer and has participated in community service in preparing financial reports and tax reporting. Rayi has also compiled financial reports for construction companies. Rayi wants to find new experiences in the financial statements of non-profit institutions and PUSKAPA programs. She joined PUSKAPA as a Temporary Finance Assistant in September 2022 - February 2023 and is now a Finance Assistant as of March 2023.