Azriana Manalu is an Acehnese women's rights activist and lawyer, who was Chair of the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) in Indonesia.

Early life and education

Manalu was born in

Lhoksukon Lhoksukon is a town in Aceh province of Indonesia and it is the seat (capital) of North Aceh Regency. Climate Lhoksukon has a tropical rainforest climate A tropical rainforest climate, humid tropical climate or equatorial climate is a tropical ...

, North Aceh, on 7 March 1968. She graduated with a degree in Law from

Syiah Kuala University Syiah Kuala University ( id, Universitas Syiah Kuala), abbreviated as USK (formerly: ''Unsyiah''), founded on 2 September 1961, is the largest and the oldest national university in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. The name of the university is taken from t ...

, Banda Aceh, in 1993.

Career

Manalu has worked as a lawyer since she was 27 and works to aid victims of violence against women. In 1995 she joined LBH Iskandar Muda Lhoksumawe as a lawyer. From 2000 she worked for LBH APIK Aceh, later joining their Board of Management. She has worked as commissioner of Komnas Perempuan since 2009 and was elected as Chair in 2015, a role she held until 2019.

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Women's rights in the Indonesian province of Aceh
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Ucapan Ketua Purnabakti Komnas Perempuan Periode 2014-2019 Azriana Manalu
(film) {{DEFAULTSORT:Manalu, Azriana Acehnese people Indonesian women's rights activists Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indonesian women lawyers Syiah Kuala University alumni