Saskia Wieringa

Saskia Wieringa is an anthropologist and Honorary Emerita Professor of Gender and Women’s Same-Sex Relations Crossculturally at the University of Amsterdam. Since the late 1970s, her research and writing have explored women’s movements, sexual politics, gender, and same-sex relations across the Global South, particularly in Indonesia. She is the co-founder of the Kartini Asia Network and has written and co-edited more than 30 books and over 200 articles. Her recent work includes A Political Biography of the Indonesian Lesbian, Bisexual and Trans Movement, which traces the history and struggles of Indonesia’s LBT movement.