Dr. Mochamad Mustafa is the Program Director for Democracy and Governance at The Asia Foundation in Indonesia with over 15 years of development experience. As the Program Director, he leads a portfolio of programs that promote tolerance, peace, freedom of religion and beliefs, democratic resilience, inclusive democracy, and digital literacy for micro and small enterprises. Most recently, he spearheaded a program to train influencers in vulnerable communities to act as citizen journalists and counter message misinformation directly in their community. Dr. Mustafa's expertise extends to critical areas such as gender equality, women's empowerment, local governance, socio-political issues, regulatory reform, counter-violence extremism, freedom of religion and beliefs, and tolerance promotion