Milda Longgeita Pinem is a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Social Development and Welfare, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia. She holds a BA (S.Sos) in Social Development and Welfare (Universitas Gadjah Mada); MA in Political Science (Universitas Gadjah Mada); and Ph.D in Gender Studies (University of Hull, England). Her research interests include gender; feminism;  and women’s empowerment.