By :

Tuti Indarsih Loekman Soetrisno

Member of Committee IX
The House of Representative
of The Republic of Indonesia
National Mandate Party
1
2004-2009
•To Create a Safe & Peaceful Country

•To Create a Just & Democratic Country

•To Improve People’s Welfare.

In Line with 8 goals of MDGs

2
1945 Constitution Amendment (2002)
- Parliament more power : plans, policies, progress of
development.
- Through routine Meetings (Hearings)
Minister + Committee

Committees : I. International Affair, Defense, Information,

II. Home Affairs, State Apparatus, III. Law, Human Rights,
IV. Agriculture, Forestry, Maritime, Fisheries, V. Transport,
Communication. VI. Industry, Trade, Cooperative, VII.
Energy, Mineral Resources, Technology, Environment, VIII.
Women Affairs, Children Protection, Religion, Social
Affairs, IX. Health, Labour, Transmigration, Population,
Food and Drug Control, X. Education, Tourism, XI. Finance,
Banking, Development Planning

3
Goal 3 : Promote Gender Equality and Empower Women.
Target 4 : Eliminate gender disparity in primary and
secondary education, preferably by 2025, and in all levels of
educations no later than 2015.

Presidential Instruction Number 9, 2000 :

- Legal foundation for gender mainstreaming in all aspects
of national development.
- Gender Mainstreaming Strategy :
a. Development program and policies
b. Laws and Regulations
c. Legal foundation for government activities.

4
Main indicator : the ratio of girls to boys in
primary, secondary and tertiary
education
Primary school  99, 4 %
Junior secondary school  99,9 %
Senior secondary school  100 %
Tertiary Education  102,5 %
 “Wajar” (Nine Years Compulsory Education)

5
2nd Indicator :
Ratio of literate women to men 15-24 years old
- 99,9 %
- Study Group Program A,B,C (Kejar Paket A,B,C)
3rd Indicator :
Share of women in wage employment in all non
agricultural sectors
 33 % - Target 50 %
4th Indicator :
Proportion seats held by women in National
Parliament  11,3 %.
Affirmative Sectors  Election Law 30 % quote for
women  Compulsory

6
Goal 4 : Reduce Child Mortality
Main Indicator :
Under five Mortality Rate target 35/1000 live birth
Indonesia – (2008)  32/1000 live birth (reach the target)
death  days, weeks, months old.
Health Protection Program for Neonatals.

2nd Indicator
Immunization :
Measles  72 % infant
 82 % children of 12-13 month
- Diphtheria
- Whooping Cough 88%  half full course
- Typhoid

- TB  82 %
- Hepatitis  72 %

2005 Polio outbreak

Revitalization of Immunization Program
 Public Education (parents, health, personnel, midwives)

- Vaccine Supply + Distribution

- Organized Health System
7
Goal 5 : Improve Maternal Health
Target 6 : Reduce by three-quarter, between 1990 and
2005, maternal mortality rate.

1990  450/100.000
2007  307

2015 should reach 110  far behind

Skilled birth attendants
Trained midwives  every village

8
Goal 6 : Combat HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Other Diseases

Target 7 : Have halted by 2015 and begun to reverse the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Prevalence 0,1 %  no indication of halting the spread of HIV/AIDS

2000-2005 years  fast increase of numbers of cases

From 1987-2007 : 8.988 AIDS (1.994 died)
2 high risk groups : - injecting drug user
- sex workers
Very low use of condom  even among sex workers
Distribution of condoms  controversial
2010  500.000  1.000.000 (MOH)
Parliament :
- Public Education
- Youth Reproductive Health Education
- HIV/ AIDS
- Distributing condom at red lights district
- Distributing free needles

Medication for HIV , TB, Malaria

2008  Self Protect + Global Funds
TB  DOTS (Directly – Observed Treatment Short Course)
 6 months (free course
 91 %
Malaria  18,6 Million/ year 9
The Role of Women Parliamentarian

3 functions :  legislation
 oversight
 budgeting

Women Parliamentarian  deriving force of Parliament + Government to

fulfill International Commitment (MDGs, ICPD,
Beijing Platform of Actions)

Together with the Government :

a) Amending Health Law to include Reproductive Health Right.
b) Amending Population Law.
c) Advocating the Local Parliament,
- Decentralization Government
- Regional Autonomy
d) Improving Health Insurance Scheme.
e) Increase Health National Budget
2,6 % to 5-6 % of the National Budget (Education 20 %)
10
 Implementing Gender Mainstreaming Strategy

- Minister of Home Affairs-Circular Letter Number 132

- Law No. 7. 1984 (Ratification of CEDAW)

- Law No. 25, 2004  National Development Planning

System

Chapter 12  Quality, improvement of women’s welfare

 Child’s protection

13 other Chapters = gender mainstreaming strategies in

each aspect of Law.

11
Discrepancy

Program & Policies  Actual Practice

Women Parliamentarian = make ways to expose their aspiration

Obstacles : - Patriarchy culture

- Gender construction
- Many women not yet aware
- Many women can not identify
- Many women can not formulate

- Consequently  - no participation
- no support
- aspiration ignored
- Empower Women Parliamentarians + Women Executive

Commitment of all agreement :

- MDGs
- ICPD
- Beijing Platform of Actions

 DEVELOPMENT, IF NOT ENGENDERED, WOULD BE ENDANGERED

(UNDP 1996) 12
Thank You

13