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Upholding
human rights, gender equality key to accelerate development
efforts, experts said
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Many are unaware that various types of inequalities,
poor health, stigma and discrimination that occur before their
eyes are forms of denial of human rights, mostly afflicting
mostly women, youth and marginalized groups. Promoting human
rights and gender equality would help accelerate development
efforts through improved wellbeing, increased productivity and
equal opportunities for individuals. Culture serves an effective
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US$4
annual investment/woman at reproductive age needed for quality
FP and RH services
17 December 2007, With an annual investment of
only US$4/woman aged 15-49 years old, the government can help
ensure the availability of reliable family planning and reproductive
health (RH) services for safe pregnancy, childbirths and management
of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS, while
the actual investment made in 2005 was $2.68/woman at reproductive
age. For a full coverage of services to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals, the government needs to gradually increase
the annual investment to reach $212.3 million in 2015. The country’s
poorest districts should be given the priority for this investment.
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Ministry
of Health, Airlangga University, with the support of UNFPA,
have drafted practical guidelines on RH in emergency settings
28 August 2007, The Ministry
of Health and the Faculty of Community Health of the Surabaya-based
Airlangga University, with the support of UNFPA (the United
Nations Population Fund) have drafted a Practical Guideline
on Reproductive Health in Emergency Settings in the effort
to reduce the vulnerabilities of affected communities through
the prevention of the highly preventable maternal deaths,
unwanted pregnancy, the spread of HIV/AIDS and gender-based
violence (GBV). more |
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Actions
needed to tackle rapid urbanization in big cities and stimulate
development in low-density, less-developed areas.
27 June 2007, JAKARTA, Indonesia: Rapid urbanization
in Jakarta and other big cities is a serious population challenge,
often resulting from uneven development progress in the country.
Immediate actions are needed to address urban poverty and land
management in densely populated areas and stimulate development
growth in less-developed ones, said population experts. more
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Safe
Motherhood Awareness Campaign 2007
25 May 2007,1.69 million women do not access childbirth
services by skilled health workers.
JAKARTA, Indonesia: Around 1.69 million out of an estimated
5 million pregnant women giving births every year do not access
quality maternal care by skilled birth attendants, including
midwives. This is a serious reproductive health risk that mainly
stems from the lack of health workers serving remote areas,
while poverty, low health awareness, culture and women’s
status in the society also emerge as contributing factors. more
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UNFPA
assists E. Nusa Tenggara landslide-affected communities
JAKARTA, Indonesia: The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
is to send 1700 various individual kits and 100 midwifery
kits as part of its US$ 50,000-worth humanitarian assistance
to survivors of the Saturday flash flood and landslide in
Manggarai regency, East Nusa Tenggara province.
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UNFPA
provides assistance to flood affected people.
9 February 2007,
JAKARTA, Indonesia - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
has allocated on Friday US$96.000 for its response to floods
in Jakarta and surrounding areas. As its immediate assistance,
UNFPA sends today 800 of 8300 various personal hygiene kits
for distribution to heavily affected people in temporary settlements
scattered across the capital. more |
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