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08 March 2016
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How a Wife’s Tiny Food Shop Brought Financial Freedom and Escape from Domestic Violence
It’s lunchtime in the town of Yogyakarta. At a small roadside food shack, or warung, above a drainage ditch, a woman busily scoops rice onto plates and pours juice. Many of her…
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08 March 2016
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Uncovering the Bigger Picture of Violence Against Women in Indonesia
Ruth* was in her 30s when her husband first started physically and sexually assaulting her. As the domestic abuse continued over the years, the mother-of-two tried but failed to…
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08 March 2016
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Step It Up for Gender Equality
Statement on the Occasion of International Women’s Day by UNFPA’s Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin
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04 March 2016
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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…
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22 February 2016
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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…
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20 February 2016
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Engaging Religious Leaders in the Family Planning Conversation
Religious tradition runs deep in this ancient city in the heart of Indonesia.
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15 February 2016
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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 – due to its suspected link…
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06 February 2016
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Eliminate Female Genital Mutilation by 2030, Say UNFPA and UNICEF
Statement by UNFPA Executive Director, Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, and UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake, on the 2016 International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital…
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05 February 2016
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Tackling FGM in Indonesia
Jakarta. Indonesia has one of the world's highest numbers of women and girls undergoing female genital mutilation and cutting, newly collected data from the United Nations…
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