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UN Women Launches Campaign in Style: Stop ViolenceAgainst Women!
On 2 February, UNWomen Indonesiaspartner PULIH Foundationlaunched its UNiTEcampaign on violenceagainst women with apress conference inJakarta.
The campaign aims to
engage with young peopleaged 16-24, is calledGerakan5jari (FiveFingers Movement) inreference to the stophand gesture used in theregional UNiTE branding.The five fingers conceptwill be used as a tool tocommunicate messagesinvolving five points orsteps. The campaign isusing the sloganNyatakan Sekarang
Stop Kekerasan TerhadapPerempuan (Say it Now:Stop Violence AgainstWomen).
The campaign will involvea roadshow to severalhigh schools anduniversities in Jakarta,including small workshopson digital advertising andphotovoice with the themeof ending violence againstwomen. The final event ofthe campaign will be a
public workshop andcontest on digitaladvertising andphotovoice. Renownedfilm director andscreenwriter Riri Riza anddocumentaryphotographer PoriamanSitanggang will present atthis workshop and act asjudges for thecompetition.
Matari Advertising
organised the event,ensuring it was slick,professional andengaging. Matari has also
designed strikingcampaign merchandiseincluding t-shirts andbags. PULIH hasstrategically linked up witha popular youth radiostation, Prambors, whichis helping to promote thecampaign. In addition torepresentatives from
PULIH and Prambors,actor Ben Kasyafani andbeauty queen PutriAyudya also spoke at thepress conference insupport of the campaign.
Follow on Twitter
(@gerakan5jari) and Like
in Facebook (Gerakan 5
Jari) to learn more about
how you can help spread
the awareness
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Left-Right:Irma S Martam(PULIH), SorayaSalim (PULIH),Ben Kasyafani(actor), PutriAyudya (beautyqueen), Intan(Prambors radiostation) teamedup to say no toviolence againstwomen
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United Nations Secretary-
General to visit Jakarta
Secretary-General Ban Ki-
moon is set to visit Jakarta,
Indonesia on 19-21 March
2012.
He is scheduled to speak at the
Jakarta International Defense
Dialogue (JIDD) and to give a
lecture at the Indonesia Peace
and Security Center, Sentul,
West Java.
Mr. Ban will also hold a
townhall meeting with UN staff
at Gran Melia Hotel, 20 March
2012. While here he will also
set to conduct media interviewwith the Jakarta Post and 101.4
Trax FM (see page 8).
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The Doctor is
in: Refugeechildren arebeing placed in
local schools,where theylearn togetherwith localchildren. Thehumananatomymannequinhelped theirstudy process.
On 31 January 2012, the
U n i t e d N a t i o n s H i g h
Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) symbolically handed
over donations of a human
a n a t o m y m a n n e q u i n t o
Elementary School 02 in Mega
M e n d u n g a n d m e d i c a l
equipment to Lungs Hospital in
Ci sar ua , as a tok en o f
appreciation to the services
provided by the facilities to
refugees and asylum seekers
registered by UNHCR.
Refugee children often have
limited access to education
everywhere in the world.
UNHCR is grateful to see that
some elementary schools in
Cisarua area are willing to
accept refugee children and
treat them equally as any local
children.
According to Mr. Cecep, one of
the teachers in the Elementary
Schoo l 02 , the ch i ld ren
normally face from the start the
challenges posed by having to
do their studies in Bahasa
Indonesia.. However, children
have the potential to quickly
learn different languages and
after a while it is easier for
them to adapt. They make
friends with the local children
as well, making it easier for
them to deal with the pressure
created by cultural differences.
Cecep added.
The donations are just a small
part of the total donation of 39
medical equipments, which
include wheelchairs, weighing
scale and minor surgery sets,
given to six hospitals and four
health centres (puskesmas) in
the area and in Jakarta.
Meanwhile the human anatomy
mannequin was provided in
seven elementary schools in
Jakarta and Bogor.
UNHCR gives back to local schools and clinics
Handing over medical equipment to Lungs
Hospital in Cisarua, West Java
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Q & A
Imran FarooqueUNIDO Representative
for Indonesia
2012 is the Year of SustainableEnergyforAll: whatdoesthismean,
inanutshell?
Thisyear therewillbeaglobaleffort to
try to ensure reliable, affordable,and
sustainable universal access to energy
forallpeopleby2030--throughforging
poli=cal commitments, raising crucial
public awareness and the financial
resources needed to combat energy
poverty. Itsa challengingdemand,but
if all development partners put their
act together, and move in the right
direc=ontoconsider theimportanceof
addressing the problem of energy, it
wouldbeachievable.
Why is sustainable green energy
important fortheeconomicfutureofa
developingcountrylikeIndonesia?
Many of Indonesias manufacturing
products are exported, so if the right
carbon footprint is not followed, they
face the risk of being rejected. By
reducing emissions and using green,
clean technologies,wecanensurethat
industries retain both their domes=c
and interna=onal markets, while s=ll
remaining highly compe==ve. Here in
I n d o n e s i a , i n d u s tr i a l w a s te
managementisaproblem,forexample.
Efforts to encourage use of clean
technologies will support the crea=on
of green products, which wi ll be
acceptableininterna=onalmarketsand
thus, contribute to the economic
developmentofdevelopingcountry-like
Indonesia.
UNIDO has been a supporter of
I ndones ia s r aKficaKon o f t he
Stockholm ConvenKon to help phase
out Persistent Organic Pollutants
( POPs ). How s ign ificant i s t he
raKficaKontoIndonesiascommitment
tosustainability?
Ithastakenmorethantwoyearstogo
through the whole endorsement
process of the Bill. UNIDO provided
technical assistance in the formula=on
of the Na=onal Implementa=on Plan
(NIP) on reduc=on and elimina=on of
Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs),
which was launched aQer being
individually reviewed by 15 different
ministries.Theyuniformlyagreedupon
it as being the right path the
government should take, in its ownna=onalinterest.
The decision for ra=fica=on of the
conven=on has been made with good
conscience,knowing thebenefits they
were to reap would greatlyact in the
na=ons advantage. For instance,
par=esoftheconven=onwereeligible
toaccessfinancialassistancefromthe
Global Environment Facility (GEF).
Indonesia has shown its efforts and
commitment in the reduc=on and
elimina=on of POPs, as s=pulated by
theconven=on.
What challenges could impact upon
the execuKon of thesemeasures to
phaseoutPOPs?
The industrial and its manufacturing
sectorneeds to bemade fullyaware
of the benefits in introducing clean
technology systems. Necessary steps
and ini=a=ves are underway and is
help ing make a smal l albei t an
important contribu=on,in Indonesias
sustainable industrial development
e ffo r ts . T h e se i n i= a =v es a r e
contribu=ng and bringing about the
correctawarenessinitsstrategictofit
the demands of the 21st century
society. UNIDO programmes are
demonstra=ngthatwhile intheshort
term the cost of produc=on may
increase, but in the long term therewillbeaposi=vegain.
HowdoyouassessIndonesia'spursuit
ofagreenereconomy?
T he P re si de nt i s ve ry ke en on
environment issues and has come up
withmanytargetsin thissector. It isa
beginning. I believe that in the next
years,ifthetargetstoreduceemissions
by 26 percent are met and clean
technology systems introduced,
involving efficient use of resources
Indonesiawillbewell geared tohaving
achievedamoresustainablepaYernof
consump=onandproduc=onleadingto
a greener economy. Indonesias
poten=al, considering its strong labour
force, natural resource base and the
dynamic s o f the reg ion, i s we ll
posi=onedtohavea sustainedpaYern
ofgrowthanddevelopment.
I believe that inthe next years...Indonesia will bewell geared tohaving achieveda m o r es u s t a i n a b l e
p a t t e r n o f c o n s u m p t i o nand productionlead ing to ag r e e n e r economy.
Imran Farooque
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Kareung Ateuh, a small coastal village nestled atthe foot of a staggering lush green mountainsidein Aceh Jaya district, was one of the areasdestroyed by the 2004 tsunami which killed morethan 120-thousand people and displaced aroundhalf a million others in Aceh province alone.
The killer waves also left around 26,000 hectaresof Acehs agricultural land covered by a thicklayer of ocean sediment and debris, makingharvests impossible. Farmers who survived thedisaster were forced to abandon their fields in theimmediate aftermath to help recover and rebuildAceh while providing for their surviving families.
There was nothing left, said Cut Awi, a lifelongrice farmer. Everything was destroyed.
With UNDP support, Cut Awi is back now on the
field, after her land was cleared from debris undera community program, which has recovered morethan 1,000 hectares of arable land in Acehprovince since 2008. The program aims to clearat least 2,000 hectares of land by mid-2012.
UNDP has made sure that its an effort ignited atthe heart of the community. Farmers are the keyplayers in recovering the arable land mostlypaddy fields - and they have been involved in theprocess from the very beginning.
Standing in the middle of a muddy field, Idrus, thehead of the farmers association surveys theclearance process in Kareung Ateuh village. Outof 150 hectares planned, 65 hectares are finishedand ready for farmers to plant their crops for thefirst time in almost seven years.
There are only little technical problems, but wereall happy, says Idrus. Were committed toreactivating these fields.
As soon as we can, well get back to work,Nahon, another farmer, calls out.
The heavy equipment does the dense work andfarmers follow behind with shovels and hoes inhand for more intricate excavation. It was such asystem that enabled the farmers to find sixteenbodies, buried under layers of silt since 2004.
Survivors of Asian tsunami back to work in Indonesias Aceh province
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Cut Awi (Left) isfinally able to returnto the previouslytsunami-strickenrice field
There are only little technicalproblems, but were all happy...
Were committed toreactivating these fields
Idrus, head of farmers association
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Development
Jakarta Increasing gender equality is one of the ways in which a country can help reduce poverty,according to Swedish Ambassador H. E Mrs. Ewa Polano at the commemoration of InternationalWomens Day 2012 at the Atma Jaya Catholic University, Jakarta, (8/3).
The event was held in collaboration between United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Jakarta,United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), UN Women, Voice of Indonesia Radio Republik
Indonesia (VOI RRI), and Faculty of Law Atma Jaya Catholic University. Attended by more than 250participants from the academia, non-government organizations, and government institutions. It will bebroadcast internationally by RRI in six foreign languages.
This years theme Empowering rural women- was considerably relevant with Indonesia as a countrywhich rely mostly on its agricultural sector. Women play an important role in rural areas in ensuringthe livelihood of their families, as well as their entire community.
Moderated by Mr. Michele Zaccheo, Director of UNIC Jakarta, and Mrs. Yanti Fristikawati, lecturer atFaculty of Law, Atma Jaya Catholic University, the event invited eight distinguished speakers, bothfrom the government, diplomatic community, civil society, as well as United Nations agencies.
Students volunteering at theInternational Womenss Day event inJakarta
International Narcotics Control Board: Noting shifting trends in illicit drugtrafficking
Jakarta Indonesia is faced with a new challenge as the current trend in illicit drug trafficking has shiftedthe country from being potential market into a producer, according to the 2011 annual report of theInternational Narcotics Control Board, launched in Jakarta on February 28th.
The trend shift is triggered by the abundant of locally available raw materials to make amphetamine-typestimulants (ATS), according to INCB member Prof. Dr. Sri Suryawati.
The report also highlighted the increased abuse of ketamine, a substance used by veterinarians asanaesthetic.
The INCB reports on global trends in the drug control situation in various parts of the world, and analyzefindings of particular relevance to Indonesia. The launching event at Papua Room, 7 th floor, MenaraThamrin, Jakarta was attended by media, academician, students, and representative from various civilsociety organizations.
The event invited five distinguished speakers including Prof. Dr. Ali Ghufron Mukti, MSc., PhD. (DeputyMinister of Health Ministry, Republic of Indonesia), Mr. Budi Djanu Purwanto, SH., MH. (Director of DrugControl, Agency for Food and Drug Supervision (BP POM), Republic of Indonesia), Brigjen Pol. NicolausEko (Head of Planning Bureau, National Narcotics Board Republic of Indonesia), and Mr. Febrian A.
Ruddyard (Director for International Security and Disarmament, Ministry of Foreign Affairs RepublicIndonesia).
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Reaching the village of Bahamyenti
in West Papua is not easy. Rarely
anybody undertakes this long and
tiring trip, making visitors rare and
very special in this small village with
only five households. But today is an
exception: A survey team from BPS,
the Statistics Office of Indonesia. PakTajudin, their leader, explains to the
Secretary of Village, Pak Marinus
Mandacan, that Bahamyenti has
been selected to participate in an
important household survey called
MICS, Multiple Indicator Cluster
Survey, which BPS carries out in
cooperation with UNICEF in the
provinces of Papua and West Papua.
Since the mid-1990s, with UNICEFs
support, MICS has enabled more
than 100 countries to producestatistically sound and internationally
comparable estimates of a range of
indicators in the areas of health,
education, child protection and HIV/
AIDS which have been used
extensively as a basis for policy
decisions and programme
interventions, and for the purpose of
influencing public opinion on the
situation of children and women
around the world. MICS data are
collected during face-to-face
interviews in nationallyrepresentative samples of
households, generating one of the
worlds largest sources of statistical
information on children and women.
The MICS process enables us to
mine for valuable data that is critical
to effective planning for children and
women, says UNICEF
Representative in Indonesia, Angela
Kearney. Policies, service design,
decision-making and resource
allocations are all stronger when built
on a foundation of evidence, and it isthat base which the MICS helps to
construct.
We would like to interview the
people of Bahamyenti to find out
more about their living conditions,
their behaviours and their needs.
Based on this, the Government will
be able to better plan how to improve
the situation of the people in Papua,
especially the children and women,Pak Tajudin tells Pak Marinus.
Satisfied with this explanation and
honoured that his village has been
selected for the MICS, Pak Marinus
welcomes the team and invites them
to start their work. The six of them
quickly gather information on the
number of households and members
eligible to be interviewed. These
include all men and women between
15 and 49 years of age and all
children under five years. As the littleones cannot yet respond to complex
questions on their living conditions,
their mothers or other caregivers will
answer the survey for them. Since
the questionnaire also includes
sensitive questions, for example
related to sexual behaviour, and to
make sure that the respondents are
as comfortable as possible, women
will be interviewed by a female and
men by a male surveyor.
Pak Tajudin divides the interviewtasks between his four surveyors and
off they go to interview the people of
Bahamyenti. In case a family is
sceptical about the survey, Pak
Tajudin will come and help to
convince them to participate. Once
an interview is completed, Pak
Taufiqurrahman, the editor, checks
the data to make sure nothing is
missing.
On the first sight, Bahamyenti looks
like an idyllic place to live, beautifullylocated against the backdrop of the
abundantly vegetated mountains:
The small wooden houses with their
corrugated iron roofs and front
porches are set in individual
gardens, where fruit trees grow and
pigs are kept. Friendly dogs are
wandering about, greeting the
visitors, and there is even a church.
But as the survey confirms, this is
just the first sight. Lodiana
Mandacan, the wife of Pak Marinus,
explains: All the water we need has
to be fetched from a spring, ten
minutes away. If it doesnt rain, it
sometimes dries up, so we have to
walk up the river until we find water.
Her friend Rusiana Wonggor adds:
We also dont have any toilet
facilities. People just go to the forest.
And there is no school for the
children. The next elementary schoolis in Mokwam, two hours walking. So
even the young children have to stay
with relatives in Mokwam and can
only come home on the weekend, if
they go to school. Health services
arent available either. My mother
taught me how to help women giving
birth, Ibu Rusiana explains, but for
everything else we have to walk two
hours. No health workers have ever
visited our village. This distance
may explain why most children in
Baha Myenti are not immunized.Little Reno, for example, one of the
grandsons of Ibu Lodiana and Pak
Marinus, who is about five years old,
has only received one dose of oral
polio so far, and his seven-year old
sister Eni has never been vaccinated
at all.
While the MICS can certainly not
change all this in the blink of an eye,
at least the situation and needs in
the remote areas of Papua and West
Papua will be known, which is thefirst step to improve them.
! UNICEF/2011/Gerber
House to House in West Papua: Ibu Anastasia, one ofthe surveyors interviews Lodiana Mandacan in front ofher house. Survey results produce sound indicators on
health, education, cild protection, and HIV.
MICS: All the way through the forest for the welfare of Bahamyenti
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Thirtyfiveyearsfromnow,elderlywill
takemorespaceinthepiechartofthe
worldspopula=onastheirnumberis
es=matedtooutnumberallchildren
undertheageof14.An=cipa=ngthe
challengesandobservingthecurrent
situa=on,theWorldHealthOrganiza=on
takesanini=a=vetoraisepeoples
awarenessonthemaYer,makingAgeing
andHealthasthethemeoftheWorld
Healthday,7April2012.
Itises=matedthatbetween2000and
2050,thepropor=onoftheworlds
popula=onover60yearswilldoublefrom
about11%to22%.Thenumberofpeople
aged60yearsandoverises=matedtobe
2billionin2050.Furthermore,the
numberofpeopleaged80yearsorolder
willhavealmostquadrupledto395
millions.
Theageingoftheworld'spopula=on-in
developinganddevelopedcountries-is
anindicatorofimprovingglobalhealth.
Alongwiththisposi=vetrend,however,
comespecialhealthchallengesforthe
21stcentury.Thiswillposethepossible
challengesanddemandsforthosewho
areover60year-old,ashowthesenior
familymemberslive,now.
Growingold,naturallypeoplefacea
higherrisktosufferfromage-associated
chronicdiseases.Thecommonlyfound
age-relateddiseasesare,amongothers,
diabetes,obesity,osteoporosis,arthri=s
orjointinflamma=on,highblood
pressure,lossofvision,lossofhearing,or
depression.Thesehealthissuesbasically
couldbepreventedorcontrolled.People
couldeducatethemselves,withthehelp
ofeverypartofcommunity,aboutwhat
theycoulddotomi=gatethosehealth
issues.
Healthprovidersandsocie=esmustbe
preparedtomeettheneedsofolder
popula=ons,throughtrainingforhealth
professionalsonelderlycare,designing
sustainablepoliciesonlong-termand
pallia=vecare,anddevelopingage-
friendlyservicesandsengs.
Thereismorethanjustfigh=ngforour
healthaswegettoourgoldenages.The
nextpurposeoflivingalonglife,
presumably,istogivemoretolife.Old
ageshouldnotpreventpeoplefrom
ac=velycontribu=ngtosociety,asmost
elderlyhavedonethesedays.Someof
thems=llcouldprovidefortheirfamilies.
Someothersturntheirenergytohelping
theircommuni=es.Theseideasformed
theWorldHealthDay2012Sloganof
Indonesia,whichisMenujuTua,Sehat,
MandiridanProduk=f,orloosely
translatedasTowardsAHealthy,
IndependentandProduc=veGolden
Ages.
Theotherpointofconcernistakingcare
oftheelderlyhumanrights.Afewcould
bemen=onedaretherightstobe
supportedbycommunity,intheformof
age-friendlypublicplace,therightsto
aYainhealthcare,andtherightstobe
treatedwell.Theserightsares=lltobe
foughtharderbypolicymakers.Certainly,
theWorldHealthDay2012eventswill
alsotouchthis.Therewillbeaseminar
forconcernedci=zensandpolicymakers
tocomeupwithsolu=ons,ensuringthat
therightsaregiven.
Toensurethepoliciesimplementa=on
feasibility,theMinistryofHealthwill
conductaseminartoeducatepublic,
fromallages.Publiceventswillalso
conducttoraiseawareness,forallofus,
whohopefully,willgettoouroldages.
WHO: Start now, for healthy elderly
No Miracle Cures for Ageing:
Good health helps elderly
people to maintain a healthy
lifetstyle, and remain productive
at their age
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DIDYOUKNOW?
About15percent
ofwomeninrural
Indonesia
areas
neverattended
school,compared
to10.6percent
ofmaleinrural
areas.
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