Surabaya names 10 best women achievers

Surabaya names 10 best women achievers

JAKARTA (JP): Surabaya named its top 10 women achievers last
week in conjunction with Kartini Day on April 21. The ranking,
the first in the capital of East Java, was announced at the
Celebrate Women Gala Dinner held by Hotel Garden Palace in
cooperation with Satelindo, the Association of Indonesian
Secretaries, the local Surya daily and Professional Training
Service.

The following women made it into the top ten:

Syahadah Amilia Th. M: A portrait painter from Kureksan
village, Sidoarjo. She staged her solo exhibition,Potret Tokoh
Surabaya, at the Radisson Hotel.

She was commissioned by the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam to
paint the Sultan's wife, the crown-prince and the Sultan's other
family members. She was also invited to exhibit her works in
Brunei. The 42 year old is the first Indonesian female painter to
exhibit in the sultanate.

Despite her commitment to her painting, she only starts
painting after she has finished her household chores.

Lieke Ichwan Radjamin: As chairperson of the Indonesian
Women's Travel Organization, it is Lieke's dream to develop the
cooperation system in the development of tourism in the country
and Surabaya in particular.

The association she chairs is a branch of the International
Federation of the Women's Travel Organization which was
established in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Owner of Turtle homestay, she hopes that tourists visiting
East Java, especially Surabaya, feel comfortable and at home.

She plans to launch a program, Surabaya Moon, at Taman
Bungkul, where she will bring out the special Suroboyon ambience,
including its food and dances.

Aside from her tourism venture, Lieke is also active in social
organizations and is an executive of the Surabaya foundation for
disabled children.

Sri Rahadjeng Harjono. For many people, 70 years old is an age
to retire at. But not for Sri Rahadjeng. She is still involved in
various humanitarian activities. Born in Banyuwangi in East Java,
she has been active in social projects since she was a teenager.
She obtained formal education during the Dutch colonial period.
Since 1973, she has chaired the Karya Mulya Foundation, a non-
profit foundation to help deaf children. She also chairs the
Kartini Foundation which houses neglected babies and children.
She has dedicated her life to support needy children. Married to
noted scientist Harjono, the couple has three adult children --
Yetti, Netty and Lenny. In l982, Rahadjeng was named a model
mother.

Lies Suprapti, is an industrial engineer who has been active
in the promotion of food technology in East Java province and
other regions as well. She currently heads the metal industry
section at the East Java office of the ministry of industry. A
graduate from the school of technology and management in the
University of Tujuh Belas Agustus in Surabaya, Suprapti is widely
recognized as a dedicated scientist and bureaucrat. She has
written many scientific papers, books and publications on food
technology.

The mother of two children pays special attention to
supporting the development of food technology, handicrafts and
home industries.

Aside from technology, Suprapti actively promotes tourism in
the province.

Saminah Asmirawati: This mother of four children teaches all
age groups: kindergarten, elementary, junior and high school
students.

Saminah started teaching at a very young age in Cirebon, where
she taught at the Gunungjati and Bhayangkari Resort 852
kindergartens.

Today, as a lecturer at the school of sociopolitical sciences
and the school of education in Muhammadiyah University, she has
not given up her commitment to elementary education and continues
teaching at a state-owned elementary school.

She is also active in various organizations, including the
Sidoarjo ICMI, where she dedicates herself to the development of
women.

Hasdianah Has R.:

Born in Tanjung Karang on Aug. 28, 1953, Hasdianah graduated
in 1982 from veterinarian school. She started working as a part-
time teacher at the Veterinary School at Airlangga University
(1982-1983) before she joined the research and development center
of the ministry of agriculture. While maintaining her job as
researcher, she also lecturers at Wijaya Kusuma University.

Hasdianah has earned local and international recognition for
her work. She was award for her discovery of the
kopcisvetpolicvalen vaccine for chickens which was launched by
the director general of animal husbandry at the National
Institute of Atomic Energy on Aug. 25, 1995. Her second big
recognition came after she founded the EBL kit for the Enzootig
B. Leucosis disease test for cattle.

Sunarmi G. Sutopo Van Eybergen is a devout housewife and
mother whose campaign to promote family planning in East Java has
placed her as a pioneer in the province. It has been hard to
introduce the family planning programs to women in the province.
Like other Indonesians, East Java residents were reluctant to
participate in the program they considered against religious and
social values. But, Sunarmi never gave up. She convinced
residents the benefit of family planning.

Roem Soedoko: This is a lucky year for Prof. Soedoko, who was
also declared one of the 10 Indonesian Development Women 1996.

The highly educated woman believes in informal education and
lectures at various women's, religious and professional
organizations.

Among her many national and international awards is winning
the national storytelling contest. A mother of four, she is
planning to publish a children's book of her own.

She is concerned about society and helps cancer patients get
through their sufferings as well as financing their treatment at
the Wisnuwardhana Cancer Foundation.

Sri Subekti Djoewaeni is popular among small-scale
businesswomen in Surabaya and its surrounding areas. For more
than a decade, Djoewaeni has been acting as a foster mother to
small-scale garment producers, mostly women, operating in the
area. Amid her tight business schedule, Djoewaeni teaches the
women business strategies to improve their technical and
management skills.

She frequently visits remote villages in East Jakarta to share
her expertise and experience with women. Her main intention is to
improve the quality of he female workforce in rural regions. In
l990, she received the Upakarti Award for her distinguished
achievement in the promotion of small-scale businesswomen in East
Java.

Djoewani is also active in business. She is the chairperson of
the East Java branch of the Indonesian Businesswomen Association,
a term that ends in l998. Djoewani is also active in promoting
education. She established a kindergarten for low-income children
in Surabaya.

Ida Widyastuti Eddy Surohadi was born in April l962. She is a
doctor at the Sidoardjo Hospital, East Java. Ida is a founder of
the Tetada Kalimasada medical therapy, alternative medicine which
exploits a persons inner power. She married Eddy Surohadi and has
three children. Ida now chairs the International Tetada
Kalimasada organization which has more than 50,000 members
worldwide. (lem/raw)