United Nations in Indonesia Newsletter, March 2012 (English)

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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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