Part 1– Quarantine and Chill with Anisa Pratiwi from Indonesia

Former Engagement and Outreach officer at United Nations Indonesia,  Anisa Pratiwi is now pursuing Public Policy at the University College of London. She shares how she is managing the transition from the in-class interactions to the online space and what this means for the academic experience including the challenges of schoolmates who have now opted to study outside. We discuss the impact of the pandemic on her home country Indonesia. Anisa Exploring the issue through various lenses including the political leadership, critiquing the readiness of government, employment schemes, social protection socio-economic impacts and information and crises management. On the upside, we are happy to learn, covid-19 has been a catalyst for connectivity, a commonality with subsequent epsiodes. The figures and scenarios reported within the episodes were based on time of recording as at March 22-23, 2020*