Twie Giok Tjoa

Twie Tjoa
Twie Tjoa in 2022
Born
Twie Giok Tjoa

December 3, 1943
Surabaya, Indonesia
Occupation(s)organizational sociologist, feminist and author
Notable workWomen in the Caribbean: 500 years of history (1992), The Cultural Heritage of Women in Multicultural Dutch Society (2008)

Twie Giok Tjoa (Twie Tjoa, born December 3, 1943) is a Dutch organizational sociologist and feminist, specialising in diversity and inclusion at work and in society as a whole.[1] In Suriname, she became the first female director at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Affairs. After moving to the Netherlands in 1996, Tjoa worked in many organizations to improve the position of women, especially black, migrant and refugee women (Dutch: zwarte, migranten- en vluchtelingenvrouwen, ZMV). She received several Dutch awards for her work,[2] such as the Zami Award 2009[3] and the Amsterdam municipal Andreaspenning,[4] and was appointed a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau in 2019.[5] Tjoa is considered to be an icon of the Dutch ZMV movement.[6]

  1. ^ Hemker, Mirjam; Huijsmans, Linda (2009). Lesbo encyclopedie (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Ambo/Anthos. p. 242. ISBN 9789026321122. OCLC 905446785. 358 pages.
  2. ^ Thuis, Noortje (2024). "With pride - Twie Tjoa". withpride.ihlia.nl (in Dutch). IHLIA LGBTI Heritage. Archived from the original on 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  3. ^ "Zami Award 2009 met het Thema: Speciale award ter ere van het afscheid van Twie Tjoa" [Zami Award 2009 with Theme: Special award in honour of Twie Tjoa's farewell] (in Dutch). Stichting Zami, platform van zwarte, migranten- en vluchtelingenvrouwen. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  4. ^ "Andreaspenning voor boegbeeld van vrouwenemancipatie" [Andreas medal for figurehead of women's emancipation] (in Dutch). Municipality of Amsterdam. 2018. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  5. ^ "Twee koninklijke onderscheidingen uitgereikt" [Two royal awards presented]. Diemer Nieuws (in Dutch). Enter Media B.V. 2019-04-26. Archived from the original on 2022-02-27. Retrieved 2024-09-09.
  6. ^ "Gouden Vioolspeld 2021 uitgereikt aan Twie Tjoa" [Golden Violin Pin 2021 awarded to Twie Tjoa]. double7fm.nl (in Dutch). Stichting Between The Lines 2024. Retrieved 2024-09-09.