Saskia E. Wieringa is the Director of Aletta, the Institute for Women’s History in Amsterdam and an honorary Professor at the University of Amsterdam, holding the Chair on Gender and Women’s Cross-cultural Same-Sex Relations. She has a long experience of activism in both the women’s and third world solidarity movements. Since the mid-1970s, she has co-founded several women’s groups, mainly in the area of women’s studies, and has co-founded a journal. She has published over 20 books and more than 100 articles on the above topics. Her latest books include: Female Desires: Same-Sex Relations and Transgender Practices Across Cultures; Sexual Politics in Indonesia; Lubang Buaya, a novel in Indonesian; Tommy Boys, Lesbian Men and Ancestral Wives: Women’s Same Sex Experiences in Southern Africa; Engendering Human Security; Women’s Sexualities and Masculinities in a Globalizing Asia; and Traveling Heritages, Amsterdam Aksant.