She is among the most respected women and health activists in Indonesia. She started her career as a Family Planning Counselor in one of the Indonesian Planned Parenthood Association’s clinics and soon she became a Counseling Trainer, and wrote a counseling manual, guideline and book. In 1993, she became an independent consultant and trainer for Family Planning/Reproductive Health counseling, working in several countries such as Vietnam, Bangladesh, Iran, Azerbaijan, and Kazakistan. In the year 2000, together with other activists in Indonesia, she began an initiative to amend the Health Law - 1992, which includes women and adolescents’ reproductive health rights and services. She is one of the Founders of the Women’s Health Foundation.