Twie Giok Tjoa Explained

Twie Tjoa
Birth Name:Twie Giok Tjoa
Birth Date:December 3, 1943
Birth Place:Surabaya, Indonesia
Occupation:organizational sociologist, feminist and author
Notable Works:Women 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] Born and raised in a Peranakan Chinese family in Surabaya, Indonesia, she fled with her parents to Suriname in 1962 to escape the persecution of Chinese people in Indonesia. She studied organizational sociology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands and, back in Suriname, became the first female director at the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Youth Affairs.[2]

After again 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), and the emancipation of the bicultural LGBTQ+ community. She received several Dutch awards for her work, 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]

Publications

Tjoa's publications include:[7]

in English

in Dutch

Biography

External links

Videos

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lesbo encyclopedie . Mirjam . Hemker . Linda . Huijsmans . Ambo/Anthos . Amsterdam . 2009 . 242 . 9789026321122 . 905446785 . Dutch. 358 pages.
  2. Web site: With pride - Twie Tjoa . 2024-09-09 . Thuis . Noortje . https://web.archive.org/web/20220224142747/https://withpride.ihlia.nl/story/twie-tjoa/ . 2022-02-24 . withpride.ihlia.nl . . 2024 . Dutch.
  3. Web site: 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 . Dutch . 2024-09-09 . Stichting Zami, platform van zwarte, migranten- en vluchtelingenvrouwen.
  4. Web site: Andreaspenning voor boegbeeld van vrouwenemancipatie . Andreas medal for figurehead of women's emancipation . Dutch . 2024-09-09 . . 2018.
  5. News: Diemer Nieuws . 2019-04-26 . Twee koninklijke onderscheidingen uitgereikt . Two royal awards presented . 2024-09-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220227160134/https://www.diemernieuws.nl/nieuws/mensen/134731/twee-koninklijke-onderscheidingen-in-diemen- . 2022-02-27 . Dutch . Enter Media B.V..
  6. Web site: Gouden Vioolspeld 2021 uitgereikt aan Twie Tjoa . double7fm.nl . Golden Violin Pin 2021 awarded to Twie Tjoa . Dutch . 2024-09-09 . Stichting Between The Lines 2024.
  7. Web site: WorldCat. Find items in libraries near you . search.worldcat.org . OCLC.Inc . September 9, 2024 . 2024.
  8. Tjoa 1999b: Library Catalogue Atria, Amsterdam