Telling Women's Lives

Kailen Gore: NYTimes Profile- Nova Riyanti Yusuf

Nova Riyanti Yusuf is a novelist, former member of Parliament in Indonesia, and mental health advocate. Yusuf fought and succeeded in establishing a mental health law in Indonesia, where “less than 1 percent” of its total health budget is devoted to mental health. Today, Yusuf is working on her Ph. D. in public health at the University of Indonesia, and is also still working to make sure that the Indonesian government “follows through with the mental health legislation” she helped to create.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/22/world/asia/fighting-for-indonesias-mentally-ill-and-counting-toilets-as-progress.html?&_r=0