Rutgers WPF Indonesia and our partners are pleased to share our presence at the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) being held in Nusa Dua, Indonesia from 25 – 28 January 2016. We bring along in total 63 delegates from our staffs and partners.
We will conduct three side events during the conference. Aside from it , you are most welcomed to visit our booth #69 where you can get our publications and resources on Indonesia’s current trend and research on reproductive health, sexuality and gender-based violence. Do you want to see some good view? You can go to the first floor of Singaraja Hall and see our Photovoice Exhibition from the young people. Please stay in touch in our social media on facebook and twitter.
Some of our interventions during ICFP will be as follows.
1. Synergize Interventions To Reduce Child Marriage Cases and It’s Social and Economic Impacts in Indonesia
According to Marriage Law in Indonesia, the minimum legal age of
marriage for girls is 16 with parental consent. Child marriage
contributes to maternal mortality and the mortality of infants under
five, threatens girl’s chance to continue schooling, robs girls of their
childhood and the opportunity to be sufficiently educated, entrenching
them and their future families in poverty, limiting their life choices
and generating high development costs for communities.
A lot of effort has been done by NGOs and advocacy networks in
Indonesia, ranging from community empowerment at the grassroots level,
education and public awareness to advocacy. The most phenomenal advocacy
performed for this issue is judicial marriage law to raise the minimum
age of marriage for women is 18 years. However, this judicial review was
rejected by the Constitutional Court based on moral grounds. Learning
from these experiences, there should be a synergistic intervention among
NGOs to reduce child marriage cases and its social and economic
impacts.
This side event will highlight the result of discussion
and reflection among national and international NGOs, UN agencies and
advocacy networks that works in Indonesia about synergize interventions
are needed, as well share the results of research on the economic loss
at the national or districts/ cities if child marriage allowed. We will
also present the results of focus group discussions about the social
impact of child marriage against women and men who had experience as a
victim of child marriage.
Date: Wednesday, 27 January 2016
Time: 06.00-07.30 PM
Location: Bali Nusa Dua
Kintamani 2
RSVP : temmy.tanet@rutgerswpfindo.org
*snack and coffee break are provided
2. MenCare+ in Indonesia: Achieving Gender Equality Through Engaging Men in Family Planning
Currently in Indonesia, the male contraception program is still considered as unsuccessful, only 4,6% of men participate in contraception use in Indonesia.
Engaging men is crucial and strategic for improving SRHR for all and can be conducted by having discussions amongst males on the importance of healthy relationships (amongst unmarried young men as well as husbands), including acknowledgement of sexual and reproductive health of their partners, and all risks and consequences, use of contraception. All are based on equal partnership.
In this event, we will share a case study on men’s participation in contraceptives through a behaviour change program involving men to actively participate in family planning, best practices from MenCare+ partners and the impact of our work in 4 (four) provinces in Indonesia: Jakarta, Yogyakarta, Lampung and East Java.
Date: Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Time: 06.00-07.30 PM
Location: Bali Nusa Dua
Convention Center, Room 5 Legian
RSVP : temmy.tanet@rutgerswpfindo.org
*snack and coffee break are provided
3. Young People And Their Access To Contraception In Developing Countries
Lessons learned from Indonesia, Uganda and Ghana & accompanying network event with Lambert Grijns, Special Ambassador SRHR & HIV/aids, the Netherlands
A panel with speakers from Indonesia, Ghana, Uganda and the Netherlands will critically reflect on challenges and successes when it comes to increasing access and uptake of contraception and SRH services by young people. Presentations and panel interaction is followed by an interactive discussion between the audience and the panelists on how to move forward.
Concluding remarks and kick-off networking event by Lambert Grijns, Special Ambassador for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights & HIV/AIDS, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Food & Drinks will be provided
26 January – 6.00 – 8.30 pm. Tanjung Benoa Hall. http://srhralliance.org/icfp/
