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Class on Health Equity in Southeast Asia for Students of University of Muhammadiyah, Jakarta
8 February, 2019 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm
International Field Study (IFS) 2019 is a one-month learning program for students of the Faculty of Public Health, University of Muhammadiyah, Jakarta in Bangkok, Thailand. This program aims to provide to the students experience in another country to compare and understand the importance of contextualizing health problems and approaches to resolve them. At the same time, it provides opportunities for interaction and networking with the wider and diverse community.
Students will learn from Faculty of Public Health Mahidol University, College of Public Health Sciences Chulalongkorn University, Sekolah Indonesia di Bangkok as well as SEA Junction. At SEA Junction, IPSR Associate Professor and SEA Junction Director Rosalia Sciortino will give two classes on 8 February on “The Dynamics of International Labour Migration in ASEAN with a special focus on health and gender, and on the “Challenges and Opportunities in Realizing Health Equity in Southeast Asia”.
Students will also have volunteering activities at SEA Junction, helping with the events and other tasks.
Lecturer
Dr. Rosalia (Lia) Sciortino Sumaryono, a cultural anthropologist and development sociologist by training, earned her doctorate at the Vrije Universities, Amsterdam with honors. Currently, she is Associate Professor at the Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol University and Visiting Professor at the Master in International Development Studies (MAIDS), Chulalongkorn University in Thailand. She is also the Founder and Director of SEA Junction, a public venue for interaction and cross-learning on Southeast Asia art, cultures and societies (www.seajunction.org) Most recently, Dr. Sciortino was IDRC Regional Director for Southeast and East Asia in Singapore (2010-2014), Senior Adviser for the Health Program to the Australian Agency for International Development in Indonesia (2009-2010), and Regional Director for Asia of the Rockefeller Foundation (2000-2007) establishing during her tenure the Foundations Southeast Asia Office in Bangkok. Prior to that, she was program officer Gender, Human Development and Reproductive Health at the Indonesia and Philippines offices of the Ford Foundation from 1993 to 2000. Dr. Sciortino acts as a consultant for international and regional organizations, as an adviser for academic and international development institutions, and is a member of scientific and institutional boards. She has published widely on development issues in Southeast Asia, in particular public health, gender and regional integration in the Greater Mekong Sub-region and ASEAN. A Dutch national native of Palermo, Italy, she fluently speaks Italian, English, Indonesian and Dutch. On 25 November 2017, she received a medal from the Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences for contribution to social sciences in Vietnam.
Source: UMJ
Organizers:
SEA Junction, OUR Venue on Southeast Asia, aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions –from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK, BTS National Stadium) SEA junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/
Universitas Muhammadiyah Jakarta (UMJ)
UMJ is one of the Muhammadiyah colleges located in Jakarta and one of the oldest universities, established on 18 November 1955. UMJ has 9 faculties with 43 graduate study programs studies, including the Faculty of Medicine, and Health, Faculty as well as the post-graduate school with a number of master’s programs. UMJ has graduated more than 35,000 students spread in various government agencies, the private sector, and opened independent entrepreneurs.
