Stevie Ninoi Tualaka (Stevie)

Stevie has been working alongside her organisation, the Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change, in collaboration with Yayasan Konservasi Alam Nusantara and Australian Volunteers International to implement her current research project with young women and female heads of households who make a living as seaweed farmers. The project objective is to work collaboratively with the women farmers to improve and strengthen their seaweed farming businesses. Through education on genetic selection and environmentally-friendly maintenance methods, Stevie hopes to increase seaweed production for seaweed farmers in coastal areas in general, with a particular focus on female seaweed farmers in Savu. Particular interests: Agricultural development, sustainability of rural communities, and promoting gender inclusion