Sorang is a PhD candidate in the Department of International Relations, in the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, at The Australian National University. She commenced her doctoral study in March 2020, and her PhD research examines the issues of healing for women victims-survivors of the East Timor conflict and the Papua conflict before the Reform period.

Before joining the ANU, Sorang worked with Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), a regional human rights organisation based in Indonesia. Within this role, she managed projects and programs that empowered women victims-survivors of violence of various issues, including mass human rights violations, women living with HIV/AIDS, and customary lands. She worked at the grassroots level with NGOs, Churches, and local activists, supporting them in documenting the experiences of women victims-survivors in conflict and post-conflict settings, using participatory action research methods. She also contributed to developing and maintaining a victims’ database from the documentation and trained others to operate the database. In line with that, she also worked with NGO networks in Indonesia to advocate for victims of the Papua conflict before she commenced her PhD study.

Sorang received double MA degrees in Global Politics at the Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, and Gender and Peacebuilding at the University for Peace, Costa Rica (2017). She also completed her bachelor’s degree in International Relations at the University of Indonesia (2012).