Dr Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo
Areas of expertise
- Reproduction 111404
- Culture, Gender, Sexuality 200205
- Studies Of Asian Society 169903
- Social Change 160805
- Demography 1603
Research interests
Young people
Transition to Adulthood
Ageing in rural Indonesia
Reproductive health
Gender and sexual health
Gender issues in Indonesia, East Timor and PNG
Marriage formation
Family planning
Maternal and child health
Biography
Iwu Utomo graduated from the Demography Program at the Australian National University in 1998. She returned to the Demography Program as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2000 when she received the Merdeka Fellowship Award from the Australian Government-DETYA. She then started teaching Gender and Population and Social Research Design for graduate students in Demography. Her first appointment at ANU was with the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health (2002-2008) where she worked closely with Prof Terence Hull on issues relating to Gender, Sexuality and Health. With Prof Hull and Prof Peter McDonald, Iwu has been successful in gaining ARC funding for Harmful Sexual Practices in Southeast Asia (2005-2008) and Indonesian Young Adults Transition to Adulthood Study (2008-2011; 2012-2015). Her longitudinal study on Transition to Adulthood in Greater Jakarta has also been awarded funding from WHO, Ford Foundation and National University of Singapore. In 2008 she received the Australian Development Research Award from AusAID to work with Prof McDonald and Prof Hull on Integrating Gender and Reproductive Health Issues in the Indonesian National Curricula. In 2014 Utomo become a research associate with CEPAR and started her new research on ageing in rural Indonesia (Gunung Kidul, Kebumen and Agam). Her research has concentrated on Indonesia and more lately on Timor Leste and Papua New Guinea.
As a fresh Psychology graduate from the University of Indonesia in 1983, Iwu was directly recruited as a lecturer at the faculty before she started her career as a bureaucrat with the Indonesian State Ministry of Population and Environment (1985-2002). She has also worked as a Gender Specialist with the Asian Development Bank, CIDA, AusAID, Australian Reproductive Health Alliance, Marie Stopes International, and Care Timor Leste. She also has won many awards, to name a few, in 2010 she won the Outstanding ANU Women Award as well as the Best Supervisor Award and in 2012 the ANU Inspiring Women.
Researcher's projects
- Transition to Adulthood in Indonesia
http://adsri.anu.edu.au/research/transition-to-adulthood - Integrating Gender and Reproductive Health Issues in the Indonesian National School Curricula: Challenges for Moslem Societies
http://adsri.anu.edu.au/research/gender-in-schools - Gender Dimensions of Vaginal Practices in Four Countries (South Africa, Mozambique, Indonesia and Thailand)
- Using National Survey to Uncover and Assess Potentially Harmful Sexual Practices in Southeast Asia
- Gender and Sexual Health in Southeast Asia
- Meeting the Needs of Older Persons in Winong, Giriasih and Salo (rural Indonesia): Policy Approaches).
Current student projects
Previous PhD students that have graduated
- Reducing the risk of HIV infection in Paupa and West Papua. Wienta Diarsvitry.
- Gender and wellbeing among the elderly in Lampung, Indonesia. Safrina
- Abortion in Indonesia. Imma Aryanti.
- Sexual perceptions and practices of young people in Northern Thiland. Arunrat Tangmunkongvarakul
Current PhD student projects
- The implementation of gender-related treaties in Indonesia: Challenges for gender equity. Lynda Wardhani
- Inter racial marriage: a case study of Kmer and Kinh couples in Vietnam. Lan Thai Huynh Phuong
- Conjugal relations, co-parenting and family life among mother-away families in Vietnam. Bich Ha
- Caring for the elderly in Vietnam: A gender dimension, Thu Cuc Hoang
- Citizenship and the right to stay: the case of stateless children in temporary shelter areas along the Thailand Myanmar border, Ladawan Khaikham
- Women in Indonesia. Kavitha Robinson.
Past student projects
Past Master student projects
- Pattern and determinant of successful school to work transition of young people in Islamic developing countries: Evidence from Egypt, Jordan and Bangladesh. Muhammad Absor.
- Unintended pregnancy among ever-married women in Indonesia: an analysis of the 2007 IDHS. Nur Jaeni
- Contraceptive Use pattern among married women in Indonesia. Ria Rahayu
- Indonesian married women’s desire to have more children and their birth spacing pattern. Ade Isyanah
- Premarital sex patterns and its determinants among unmarried young adults in Indonesia. Fitrilailah Mokui
Publications
- Utomo, A, Reimondos, A, Utomo, I et al 2016, 'Transition into marriage in Greater Jakarta: Courtship, parental influence, and self-choice marriage', South East Asia Research, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 492-509.
- Thristiawati, S, Booth, H, Hull, T, Utomo,I. 2015, 'Self-rated health of older persons in Indonesia: Sex and ethnic differences', Asian Population Studies, vol. online 16 Feb 2015, pp. 1-23.
- Utomo, I, McDonald, P, Reimondos, A et al 2014, 'Do primary students understand how pregnancy can occur? A comparison of students in Jakarta, West Java, West Nusa Tenggara and South Sulawesi, Indonesia', Sex Education, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 95-109.
- Utomo, A, Reimondos, A, Utomo, I et al 2014, 'What happens after you drop out? Transition to adulthood among early school-leavers in urban Indonesia', Demographic Research, vol. 30, pp. 1189-1218.
- Utomo, I, Utomo, A, Reimondos, A et al 2014, 'Young people's understanding of domestic violence: Evidence from a school based survey of Grade 6 and Grade 12 students in Indonesia', Genus, vol. 70, no. 2-3, pp. 35-57.
- Utomo, A, Reimondos, A, Utomo, I et al 2013, 'Digital inequalities and young adults in Greater Jakarta: A socio-demographic perspective', International Journal of Indonesian Studies, vol. 1, pp. 79-109.
- McDonald, P, Utomo, I, Utomo, A et al 2013, 'Migration and transition to adulthood: Education and employment outcomes among young migrants in Greater Jakarta', Asian Population Studies, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 4-27. Available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17441730.2012.736700
- Utomo, A., Reimondos, A., Utomo, I., McDonald P., and Hull T. 2013. 'Female migrants and the transition to adulthood in Greater Jakarta', Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, vol. 648, no. 1, pp. 70-86. doi: 10.1177/0002716213483427. Available at: http://ann.sagepub.com/content/648/1/70.abstract
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Banwell, C, Carmichael, G et al 2012, 'Use and perceptions of sexual and reproductive health services among Northern Thai adolescents', Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, vol. 43, no. 2, pp. 479-500.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Banwell, C, Carmichael, G et al 2011, 'Birth control, pregnancy and abortion among adolescents in Chiang Mai, Thailand', Asian Population Studies, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 15-34.
- Diarsvitri, W, Utomo, I, Neeman, T et al 2011, 'Beyond sexual desire and curiosity: sexuality among senior high school students in Papua and West Papua Provinces (Indonesia) and implications for HIV prevention', Culture, Health and Sexuality, vol. 13, no. 9, pp. 1047-1060.
- Hull, T, Martin Hilber, A, Chersich, M et al 2011, 'Prevalence, motivations, and adverse effects of vaginal practices in Africa and Asia: Findings from a multicountry household survey', Journal of Women's Health, vol. 20, no. 7, pp. 1097-1109.
- McDonald, P, Utomo, I, Reimondos, A et al 2010, Human capital outcomes among young migrants to greater Jakarta.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Carmichael, G, Banwell, C et al 2010, 'Sexual perceptions and practices of young people in Northern Thailand', Journal of Youth Studies, vol. iFirst, no. 12 Nov 2010, pp. 1-25.
- Tangmunkongvorakul, A, Banwell, C, Carmichael, G et al 2010, 'Sexual identities and lifestyles among non-heterosexual urban Chiang Mai youth: implications for health', Culture, Health and Sexuality, vol. iFirst, pp. 1-15.
- Utomo, I & McDonald, P 2009, 'Adolescent reproductive health in Indonesia: Contested values and policy inaction', Studies in Family Planning, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 133-146.
- Utomo, I & McDonald, P 2008, 'Religion, Media, Westernisation and Sexuality among Young People in Urban Middle-Class Indonesia', Intersections: Gender and Sexuality in Asia and the Pacific, vol. 18, pp. 1-14.
- Utomo, I 2006, 'Young and single as non-sexual beings: politics of reproductive health in Indonesia', Journal of Population, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 185-199.
- Utomo, I, Arsyad, S & Hasmi, E 2006, 'Village family planning volunteers in Indonesia: their role in family planning programme', Reproductive Health Matters, vol. 14, no. 27, pp. 73-82.
- Utomo, I 2005, 'Womens Lives: Fifty years of change and continuity', in Terence H. Hull (ed.), People, Population and Policy in Indonesia, Equinox Publishing Ltd, Jakarta, pp. 71-124.
- Utomo, I, Hull, T & Gold, J 2004, 'Fertility regulation', in Michael J. Dibley (ed.), Timor-Leste 2003 Demographic and Health Survey, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, pp. 81-102.
- Utomo, I & Hatmadji, S 2004, 'Empowerment of Indonesian Women: From Kartini to the Reform Era', in Sri Harijati Hatmadji and Iwu Dwisetyani Utomo (ed.), Empowerment of Indonesian Women: Family, Reproductive Health, Employment and Migration, Pika Pratama Jaya, Indonesia, pp. 1-21.
- Robinson, K & Utomo, I 2003, 'Introduction', RIMA: Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 5-16.
- Utomo, I 2003, 'Reproductive health education in Indonesia: school versus parents roles in providing sexuality information', Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 107-134.
- Utomo, I 2002, 'Sexual values and early experiences among young people in Jakarta', in Lenore Manderson and Pranee Liamputtong (ed.), Coming of age in south and southeast Asia: Youth, courtship and sexuality, Curzon Press, Richmond, Surrey, UK, pp. 207-227.
- Utomo, I 2001, 'New Approaches in studying young people sexuality and reproductive health behaviour: how can it be measured and tracked? (a case study of Indonesia)', Journal of Population, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 1-40.
Projects and Grants
Grants are drawn from ARIES. To add Projects or Grants please contact your College Research Office.
- Meeting the needs of older persons in Indonesia (Secondary Investigator)
- Population and development in Indonesia: achieving greater certainty for evidence-based policy making (Secondary Investigator)
- Transition to Adulthood in Greater Jakarta: A Longitudinal Perspective (Primary Investigator)
- Using National Surveys to Uncover and Assess Potentially Harmful Sexual Practices in Southeast Asia (Secondary Investigator)
