I am nyske
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Personal growth
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Professional journey
After studying political science and gender studies, I began at the International Labor Organization in Geneva, driven by the desire to make concrete improvements in working conditions worldwide. Here I learned to navigate different interests and find solutions in complex situations.
Equality, emancipation, and justice are the threads running through my life, rooted in a strong family tradition. My Indonesian grandmother, a pioneer in the 1930s with her grammar school diploma, later provided sexual education in schools. My Dutch grandmother was a small entrepreneur and played water polo as a young woman. My mother dedicated her life to midwifery. I carry this heritage of strong women with pride.
Personal experiences with workplace discrimination, including contract termination after requesting parental leave and a pumping room, have further strengthened my drive for justice.
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The essence
With a sharp eye for patterns, I make the invisible visible. My analytical ability enables me to comprehend complex situations and make connections that others often overlook. I translate these insights into various forms—in words and images, through innovative and experiential methods. The connection with the people for and with whom I work is essential in this process.
My work spans three continents, working in Dutch, English, and French with experience in South and Southeast Asia, West Africa, and Europe. With my own roots in South and Southeast Asia and with extended family from Central America, I bring a rich intercultural perspective to issues in the social domain and at organizational levels.
Institutional expectations often clashed with my natural way of working. Where organizations wanted me to focus on isolated knots with ready-made solutions, I saw vibrant tangles where everything is interwoven: the culture, the people, the unwritten rules, the conflicting interests.
When forced to ignore this richness and limit myself to quick, superficial solutions, I felt my fire dim. It felt like treating symptoms, like applying bandages while leaving underlying patterns untouched.
That's why I founded To unTANGLE. Here I work as I am: moving between zooming in and out, between structure and what wants to emerge. Sometimes analytically precise, sometimes intuitively sensing. Always with an eye for the entire tangle.
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Justice
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Transformation
Unexpected, premature motherhood in 2016 catapulted me into the depths. The journey through darkness toward brilliance, with two children with special gifts and needs, forced me to see myself and the world anew. Motherhood became not a state of being, but a process of becoming.
The apparent contradiction between ambition and motherhood, which initially led to a struggle with different roles, ultimately proved to be a gift. It brought me closer to my core and my reason for being.