Pekanbaru, March 6, 2025- The implementation of international class activities in the Department of International Relations, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Riau University in collaboration with the Eurasia Foundation with the theme Gender in international Relations has entered its 5th meeting. At this meeting the topic discussed was Celebrating SOGIESC Diversity in Indonesia and Southeast Asia with speaker Dr. Diah Kusumaningrum who is a Lecturer in International Relations at Gadjah Mada University. Some of the things that were conveyed in this meeting were the terminology of SOGIESC, LGBTQIA+, cisgender, heteronormativity, besides that it also discussed the challenges faced by LGBTQIA+ persons and groups in Southeast Asia and identified some of the practices or policies about LGBTQIA+ persons and groups. There was also a discussion on Feminist Perspectives.


