[2] Among the Dayak, alcohol use, gambling and prostitution have climbed[3] and coercion, violence and inadequate compensation for displacement has led to poverty and loss of cultural identity.
[2] Setra has worked in the areas of policy and advocacy at the Indigenous Peoples' Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN) since it was founded in 1999.
She has worked on the global program Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD)[1] and when indigenous people were excluded from governmental negotiations with donor nations on forest and climate initiatives Setra protested the exclusion for violating the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People (UNDRIP).
[4] In 2012,[5] she led an advocacy team to submit a review of the Forestry Law to the Constitutional Court, which recognized the customary rights of indigenous people.
[3][7] Mina is also a founder of Ruai TV [id], a television outlet providing media access to marginalized communities in West Kalimantan.