Climate change exacerbates violence against women and children
This project aims to scope Indonesian policy and business responses to forced labour and the impacts on vulnerable women and children, especially those exposed to natural disasters, exacerbated by climate change. The project will take a particular focus on the risks of rising sea levels to coastal villages, the risk of forced migration that arise from land loss, and the intersection with forced labour.
This project addresses a gap in international responses to sea-level rising in coastal communities and forced labour of women and children. The findings will have significance for responses both in Indonesia and internationally.
Climate change exacerbates violence against women and children. It also increases the risk of structural violence for children and young people, and increases the risk of forced labour.
This project is in partnership with the Badan Riset Dan Inovasi Nasional (BRIN) and Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP ) in Indonesia, and is supported by the DFAT KONEKSI Knowledge Partnership Platform Australia-Indonesia.
Research Leads
Dr Amy Young
Project Lead and Disrupting Violence Beacon Research Fellow, Griffith University
Dr Laely Nurhidayah
Project Lead and Head of the Research Center for Law – Institute for Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSH) – the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Indonesia.
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wiwandari Handayani
Project Lead and Head of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering. Diponegoro University, Indonesia.
BRIN Research Team
Dr Nawawi
Head of the Research Center for Population, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Vera Bararah Barid
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Agus Suntoro
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Nurrahman Aji Utomo
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Josefhin Mareta
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Inayah Hidayati
Research Center for Population, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Aditya Rahmadhony
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Ade Angelia Yusniar Marbun
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Dewi Analis Indriyani
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Adis Nur Hayati
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
Ahmad Fathony
Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia
UNDIP & NGO Research Team
Landung Esariti, ST, MPS
Lecturer in Department of Urban and Regional Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
Intan Hapsari Surya Putri
PhD Candidate, Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
Citra Tatius
Research Assistant, Universitas Diponegoro, Indonesia
Ahmad Iskandar
Researcher at PATTIRO, Indonesia
Mega Anggraeni
Program Manager, IKUPI, Indonesia
Griffith University Research Team
Prof Patrick O'Leary
Professor of Social Work and Co-Director of the Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University
Prof Elena Marchetti
Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University
Prof Sara Davies
Professor of International Relations, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, Australia and Deputy Director (Indo-Pacific Research) of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Dr Ana Borges Jelinic
Research Fellow, Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University
Prof Jennifer Boddy
Professor of Social Work and Dean (Sustainable Development Goals Performance) Sustainability Development Goals, Griffith University
Dr Febi Dwirahmadi
Lecturer in Public Health, Griffith University
Prof Donna McAuliffe
Professor of Social Work, Griffith University
Prof Susan Harris Rimmer
Professor of Law, Griffith University
Yudi Wahyu
Research Assistant, Disrupting Violence Beacon, Griffith University