Siti Noordjannah Djohantini (born 15 August 1958) is a female Islamic scholar from
Indonesia
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currently serving her second term as the leader of
Aisyiyah, Indonesia's first all-female Muslim organization. She was elected to her second term as leader on 6 August 2015, the same day on which her husband
Haedar Nashir was elected to his first term as leader of
Muhammadiyah.
[Suriani Mappong]
Noordjannah Djohantini Reelected As Aisyiah's Chief
Antara
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, 7 August 2016. Accessed 13 December 2016. She was also the co-founder of Yasanti, Indonesia's first female workers' rights NGO.
[Sri Wahyuni]
Siti Noordjannah Djohantini: Happy to be of use to others
Jakarta Post
''The Jakarta Post'' is a daily English-language newspaper in Indonesia. The paper is owned by PT Niskala Media Tenggara and based in the nation's capital, Jakarta.
''The Jakarta Post'' started as a collaboration between four Indonesian me ...
, 4 August 2015. Accessed 13 December 2016.
Djohantini was raised in a household that was very active in Islamic civil society groups. She attended Muhammadiyah schools from elementary to high school, was the vice president of Muhammadiyah's student wing from 1983 to 1986, was the chairwoman of Aisyiyah's youth wing from 1990 to 1995, and worked as a lecturer at
Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta
Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta ( id, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta; abbreviated as UMY) is a private university in Special Region of Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta under affiliation of Muhammadiyah, the second largest Islamic organization in ...
's School of Economics.
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References
External links
Profile at Muhammadiyah.or.id
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Female Islamic religious leaders
Indonesian Islamic religious leaders
Indonesian Sunni Muslims
Living people
Sunni Muslim scholars of Islam
Women scholars of Islam
1958 births
People from Yogyakarta