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MARCH 2012

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Left-Right: Irma S Martam (PULIH), Soraya Salim (PULIH), Ben Kasyafani (actor), Putri Ayudya (beauty queen), Intan (Prambors radio station) teamed up to say no to violence against women

UN Women Launches Campaign in Style: Stop Violence Against Women!


On 2 February, UN Women Indonesias partner PULIH Foundation launched its UNiTE campaign on violence against women with a press conference in Jakarta. The campaign will involve a roadshow to several high schools and universities in Jakarta, including small workshops on digital advertising and photovoice with the theme of ending violence against women. The final event of The campaign aims to the campaign will be a engage with young people public workshop and aged 16-24, is called contest on digital Gerakan5jari (Five advertising and Fingers Movement) in photovoice. Renowned reference to the stop film director and hand gesture used in the screenwriter Riri Riza and regional UNiTE branding. documentary The five fingers concept photographer Poriaman will be used as a tool to Sitanggang will present at communicate messages this workshop and act as involving five points or judges for the steps. The campaign is competition. using the slogan Nyatakan Sekarang Matari Advertising Stop Kekerasan Terhadap organised the event, Perempuan (Say it Now: ensuring it was slick, Stop Violence Against professional and Women). engaging. Matari has also designed striking campaign merchandise including t-shirts and bags. PULIH has strategically linked up with a popular youth radio station, Prambors, which is helping to promote the campaign. In addition to representatives from PULIH and Prambors, actor Ben Kasyafani and beauty queen Putri Ayudya also spoke at the press conference in support of the campaign.

United Nations SecretaryGeneral to visit Jakarta


Secretary-General Ban Kimoon 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 interview with the Jakarta Post and 101.4 Trax FM (see page 8).

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The Doctor is in: Refugee children are being placed in local schools, where they learn together with local children. The human anatomy mannequin helped their study process.

UNHCR gives back to local schools and clinics


On 31 January 2012, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) symbolically handed over donations of a human anatomy mannequin to Elementary School 02 in Mega Mendung and medical equipment to Lungs Hospital in Cisarua, as a token of 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 School 02, the children 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.

Handing over medical equipment to Lungs Hospital in Cisarua, West Java

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technical assistance in the formula=on of the Na=onal Implementa=on Plan (NIP) on reduc=on and elimina=on of Imran Farooque Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), UNIDO Representative which was launched aQer being individually reviewed by 15 dierent for Indonesia ministries. They uniformly agreed upon it as being the right path the 2012 is the Year of Sustainable government should take, in its own na=onal interest. Energy for All: what does this mean, in a nutshell? This year there will be a global eort to try to ensure reliable, aordable, and sustainable universal access to energy for all people by 2030 -- through forging poli=cal commitments, raising crucial public awareness and the nancial resources needed to combat energy poverty. Its a challenging demand, but if all development partners put their act together, and move in the right direc=on to consider the importance of The decision for ra=ca=on of the addressing the problem of energy, it conven=on has been made with good conscience, knowing the benets they would be achievable. were to reap would greatly act in the Why is sustainable green energy na=ons advantage. For instance, important for the economic future of a par=es of the conven=on were eligible developing country like Indonesia? to access nancial assistance from the Many of Indonesias manufacturing Global Environment Facility (GEF). products are exported, so if the right Indonesia has shown its eorts and carbon footprint is not followed, they commitment in the reduc=on and face the risk of being rejected. By elimina=on of POPs, as s=pulated by reducing emissions and using green, the conven=on. clean technologies, we can ensure that industries retain both their domes=c and interna=onal markets, while s=ll What challenges could impact upon remaining highly compe==ve. Here in the execuKon of these measures to I n d o n e s i a , i n d u s t r i a l w a s t e phase out POPs? management is a problem, for example. The industrial and its manufacturing Eorts to encourage use of clean sector needs to be made fully aware technologies will support the crea=on of the benets in introducing clean of green products, which will be technology systems. Necessary steps acceptable in interna=onal markets and and ini=a=ves are underway and is thus, contribute to the economic helping make a small albeit an development of developing country-like important contribu=on, in Indonesias Indonesia. sustainable industrial development UNIDO has been a supporter of e o r t s . T h e s e i n i = a = v e s a r e I n d o n e s i a s ra K c a K o n o f t h e contribu=ng and bringing about the Stockholm ConvenKon to help phase correct awareness in its strategic to t st out Persistent Organic Pollutants the demands of the 21 century (POPs). How signicant is the society. UNIDO programmes are raKcaKon to Indonesias commitment demonstra=ng that while in the short term the cost of produc=on may to sustainability? increase, but in the long term there It has taken more than two years to go will be a posi=ve gain. through the whole endorsement process of the Bill. UNIDO provided

Q&A

How do you assess Indonesia's pursuit of a greener economy? The President is very keen on environment issues and has come up with many targets in this sector. It is a beginning. I believe that in the next years, if the targets to reduce emissions by 26 percent are met and clean technology systems introduced, involving ecient use of resources Indonesia will be well geared to having achieved a more sustainable paYern of consump=on and produc=on leading to a greener economy. Indonesias poten=al, considering its strong labour force, natural resource base and the dynamics of the region, is well posi=oned to have a sustained paYern of growth and development.

I believe that in the next years... Indonesia will be well geared to having achieved a m o r e sustainable pattern of consumption and production leading to a g r e e n e r economy. Imran Farooque

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Survivors of Asian tsunami back to work in Indonesias Aceh province


Kareung Ateuh, a small coastal village nestled at the foot of a staggering lush green mountainside in Aceh Jaya district, was one of the areas destroyed by the 2004 tsunami which killed more than 120-thousand people and displaced around half a million others in Aceh province alone. The killer waves also left around 26,000 hectares of Acehs agricultural land covered by a thick layer of ocean sediment and debris, making harvests impossible. Farmers who survived the disaster were forced to abandon their fields in the immediate aftermath to help recover and rebuild Aceh while providing for their surviving families. UNDP has made sure that its an effort ignited at the heart of the community. Farmers are the key players in recovering the arable land mostly paddy fields - and they have been involved in the process from the very beginning. Standing in the middle of a muddy field, Idrus, the head of the farmers association surveys the clearance process in Kareung Ateuh village. Out of 150 hectares planned, 65 hectares are finished and ready for farmers to plant their crops for the first time in almost seven years.

There are only little technical problems, but were all happy, says Idrus. Were committed to There was nothing left, said Cut Awi, a lifelong reactivating these fields. rice farmer. Everything was destroyed. As soon as we can, well get back to work, With UNDP support, Cut Awi is back now on the Nahon, another farmer, calls out. field, after her land was cleared from debris under a community program, which has recovered more The heavy equipment does the dense work and than 1,000 hectares of arable land in Aceh farmers follow behind with shovels and hoes in province since 2008. The program aims to clear hand for more intricate excavation. It was such a at least 2,000 hectares of land by mid-2012. system that enabled the farmers to find sixteen bodies, buried under layers of silt since 2004.

There are only little technical problems, but were all happy... Were committed to reactivating these fields Idrus, head of farmers association

Cut Awi (Left) is finally able to return to the previously tsunami-stricken rice field

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International Womens Day 2012 : Rural Women Empowerment as a Key to 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 International Womens 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 250 participants from the academia, non-government organizations, and government institutions. It will be broadcast internationally by RRI in six foreign languages. This years theme Empowering rural women- was considerably relevant with Indonesia as a country which rely mostly on its agricultural sector. Women play an important role in rural areas in ensuring the livelihood of their families, as well as their entire community. Moderated by Mr. Michele Zaccheo, Director of UNIC Jakarta, and Mrs. Yanti Fristikawati, lecturer at Faculty of Law, Atma Jaya Catholic University, the event invited eight distinguished speakers, both from the government, diplomatic community, civil society, as well as United Nations agencies.

Students volunteering at the International Womenss Day event in Jakarta

International Narcotics Control Board: Noting shifting trends in illicit drug trafficking
Jakarta Indonesia is faced with a new challenge as the current trend in illicit drug trafficking has shifted the country from being potential market into a producer, according to the 2011 annual report of the International 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-type stimulants (ATS), according to INCB member Prof. Dr. Sri Suryawati. The report also highlighted the increased abuse of ketamine, a substance used by veterinarians as anaesthetic. The INCB reports on global trends in the drug control situation in various parts of the world, and analyze findings of particular relevance to Indonesia. The launching event at Papua Room, 7th floor, Menara Thamrin, Jakarta was attended by media, academician, students, and representative from various civil society organizations. The event invited five distinguished speakers including Prof. Dr. Ali Ghufron Mukti, MSc., PhD. (Deputy Minister of Health Ministry, Republic of Indonesia), Mr. Budi Djanu Purwanto, SH., MH. (Director of Drug Control, Agency for Food and Drug Supervision (BP POM), Republic of Indonesia), Brigjen Pol. Nicolaus Eko (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 Republic Indonesia).

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House to House in West Papua: Ibu Anastasia, one of the surveyors interviews Lodiana Mandacan in front of her house. Survey results produce sound indicators on health, education, cild protection, and HIV.
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MICS: All the way through the forest for the welfare of Bahamyenti
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 little ones 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 interview tasks 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, beautifully located 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 school is 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 the first step to improve them.

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. Pak Tajudin, 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 produce statistically 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 nationally representative 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 is that base which the MICS helps to construct.

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WHO: Start now, for healthy elderly


Thirty ve years from now, elderly will take more space in the pie chart of the worlds popula=on as their number is es=mated to outnumber all children under the age of 14. An=cipa=ng the challenges and observing the current situa=on, the World Health Organiza=on takes an ini=a=ve to raise peoples awareness on the maYer, making Ageing and Health as the theme of the World Health day, 7 April 2012. It is es=mated that between 2000 and 2050, the propor=on of the worlds popula=on over 60 years will double from about 11% to 22%. The number of people aged 60 years and over is es=mated to be 2 billion in 2050. Furthermore, the number of people aged 80 years or older will have almost quadrupled to 395 millions. The ageing of the world's popula=on - in developing and developed countries - is an indicator of improving global health. Along with this posi=ve trend, however, come special health challenges for the 21st century. This will pose the possible challenges and demands for those who are over 60 year-old, as how the senior family members live, now. Growing old, naturally people face a higher risk to suer from age-associated chronic diseases. The commonly found age-related diseases are, among others, diabetes, obesity, osteoporosis, arthri=s or joint inamma=on, high blood pressure, loss of vision, loss of hearing, or depression. These health issues basically could be prevented or controlled. People could educate themselves, with the help of every part of community, about what they could do to mi=gate those health issues. Health providers and socie=es must be prepared to meet the needs of older popula=ons, through training for health professionals on elderly care, designing sustainable policies on long-term and pallia=ve care, and developing age- friendly services and segngs. There is more than just gh=ng for our health as we get to our golden ages. The next purpose of living a long life, presumably, is to give more to life. Old age should not prevent people from ac=vely contribu=ng to society, as most elderly have done these days. Some of them s=ll could provide for their families. Some others turn their energy to helping their communi=es. These ideas formed the World Health Day 2012 Slogan of Indonesia, which is Menuju Tua, Sehat, Mandiri dan Produk=f, or loosely translated as Towards A Healthy, Independent and Produc=ve Golden Ages. The other point of concern is taking care of the elderly human rights. A few could be men=oned are the rights to be supported by community, in the form of age-friendly public place, the rights to aYain health care, and the rights to be treated well. These rights are s=ll to be fought harder by policy makers. Certainly, the World Health Day 2012 events will also touch this. There will be a seminar for concerned ci=zens and policy makers to come up with solu=ons, ensuring that the rights are given. To ensure the policies implementa=on feasibility, the Ministry of Health will conduct a seminar to educate public, from all ages. Public events will also conduct to raise awareness, for all of us, who hopefully, will get to our old ages.

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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DID YOU KNOW? About 15 per cent of women in rural Indonesia areas never attended school, compared to 10.6 per cent of male in rural areas.

MARCH 1-2 March 8 March 15 March 19-21 March 20-22 March 21-23 March 21-28 March 22 March 7 April

Launch of World Water Assessment Report Strengthening Partnerships for Civilian Capaci;es in the A<ermath of Conict at Bali Interna;onal Womens Day (UN Women) NewsleHer UNSGs visit to Indonesia Ms. Valerie Amos visits Indonesia Jakarta Interna;onal Defense Dialogue (JIDD) TV Globoo come to Jakarta World Water Day (FAO,UNESCO,IGCN,UNIC) World Health Day Ageing and Health (WHO)

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