Assistant Professor, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Dr. Rahmawati (Ama) Husein is an assistant professor of Department of Government, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta. She received her master program for the Urban and Regional Planning University of Cincinnati, US, and her doctoral from Texas A&M University, US. She has been working in disaster/humanitarian related works for 20 years. She is an expert panel of Muhammadiyah Disaster Management Center (MDMC/NGO) and a chair person of Aisyiyah Environment and Disaster Management Agency (women NGO). Since 2016, she has served as an Advisory Board member of the Indonesian National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) and advisory board of Humanitarian Forum Indonesia (HFI/Interfaith).