How a Wife’s Tiny Food Shop Brought Financial Freedom and Escape from Domestic Violence

In Indonesia, reported cases of domestic violence have dramatically increased over the past few years, with reported figures more than doubling from 2010 to 2014. That’s partly because women are speaking up more to report violence, according to the country’s National Commission on Violence Against Women. Read
 

UNFPA and BNPB Develop Online Portal to Deliver Real-Time Data from Disasters to Assist With Emergency Responses

An online portal designed to provide real-time access to accurate information from disaster areas during an emergency or crisis has been developed by UNFPA Indonesia together with the National Disaster Management Agency, BNPB, and with population data support from BPS-Statistics Indonesia.  Read
 

Indonesian Youths Want to Be Heard on Family Planning

Years ago, when Angraini Sari Astuti was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she experienced first-hand how difficult it can be for Indonesian adolescent girls to visit a qualified health professional when they desperately need one. Read
 

Engaging Religious Leaders in the Family Planning Conversation

Enlisting religious groups in family planning campaigns has been a delicate task, as faith leaders have historically been wary of efforts to limit family size. Read
 

What Do We Know About Zika?

With the World Health Organization declaring the recent cluster of neurological disorders and neonatal malformations cases as a global health emergency, the United Nations Population Fund and its partners are closely monitoring the situation to underline the potentially adverse effects it has on the health of women and babies. Read
 

Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030, Say UNFPA and UNICEF

Female Genital Mutilation is a violent practice, scarring girls for life - endangering their health, depriving them of their rights, and denying them the chance to reach their full potential.   Read
 

Tackling FGM in Indonesia

Indonesia has one of the world's highest numbers of women and girls undergoing female genital mutilation and cutting, shows newly collected data. Read
 

Changing the Dialogue: Speaking Out Against Female Genital Mutilation in Indonesia

“The day before I was discharged by the midwife, my daughter was circumcised. She is now three weeks old. When she becomes an adult, she will pray five times a day and read the Al Quran," says Rosa, a young woman living in Jakarta, before expressing a common misconception in the country. Read
 

Boost Access, Quality of Reproductive Health Services for Youth in Asia-Pacific, Says UNFPA Report

A new report from UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, finds that more of the nearly one billion young people between 15 and 24 in the Asia and Pacific region are having sex before marriage than ever before, yet many face a dangerous dearth of information on sexual and reproductive health, and lack the critical life-skills needed to manage safe, consensual sexual relationships. Read
 

Global Action Called for Family Planning

The fourth International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) wrapped up on Thursday with stronger commitments, actions and funding to accelerate family planning program worldwide.  Read