Wardah Hafidz (pronounced [ˈwardah ˈhafɪdz]) is an Indonesian activist lobbying for the rights of the nation's urban poor.
She raised controversy in 1999 after announcing that numerous groups had misused social security funds during the elections, calling it "money politics".
In response, the head of the Betawi Brotherhood Forum, A. Fadloli El Muhir, publicly threatened to have her arrested, beaten, and escorted to Monas (the National Monument) to clarify her statements.
She stated that the lack of a clear mechanism left the program open for misuse, with the public distribution "mere window-dressing".
"[7] In 2009, Hafidz organized and presided over a mock trial of the Asian Development Bank for its policies on agriculture, debt, water, gender, the environment, and indigenous people.