INDONESIA

DRL’s Indonesia programs address combating gender based violence, promoting youth civic
participan, and women’s political participan.

One DRL partner provides training and technical support to three local NGOs in Jayapura on
awareness raising strategies. The organization provides gender based violence support services, as
well as grant application and administration training. The program seeks to spread awareness of the
causes of GBV and its negative impact by educating 10,000 community member, forming 100
support groups and supporting the reduction of GBV in the area by 40%.

Another DRL Indonesia program established a training of trainers program within the women’s
wings of the major Indonesia political parties, in order to strengthen participation and empower
women in politics. Activities include conducting a baseline assessment to establish current status of
women’s political participation in Indonesia and to identify key barriers through focus groups;
implementing targeted training of trainer programs within the existing infrastructures of the
women’s wings of Indonesia parties; providing oversight and guidance to trainers during peer-to-
peer trainings; fostering intra-party networking; and building coalitions and inter-party relations
among women at the provincial and local levels.