This publication is the final report of the Leaving No One Behind (LNOB) programme that contains the programme’s objectives, content, and inspiring stories from the people involved.
To ensure that the most vulnerable populations could obtain continuous access to health, social, and rights protection services during the COVID-19 pandemic, from April 2021-September 2022 the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Indonesia partnered with 15 ministries/government institutions and civil society organizations in implementing the “Leaving No One Behind (LNOB): Everyone Counts in an Inclusive COVID-19 Response”. Funded by the Government of Japan, the LNOB programme focused on rights, empowerment, participation, and capacity development in addressing inequalities. It focused on the furthest left behind groups, including pregnant women, gender-based violence (GBV) survivors, persons living with HIV (PLHIV), older persons, and persons with disabilities (PWD).
Within the humanitarian context, the LNOB Programme bridged the humanitarian and development divide by ensuring that humanitarian assistance is delivered in the context of resilience and broader sustainable development priorities. Adopting a Build Back Better approach, UNFPA Indonesia focuses on strengthening institutional, individual, and community capacities to reduce vulnerability to be more resilient to future disasters, and overcome multiple threats in crisis situations, especially during the COVID-19 interruption.
The stories in this report illustrate cross-cutting human rights issues and intersectionality in the humanitarian-development context. They illuminate people’s determination and resilience, local strength and leadership, local innovation, collaboration, and resource mobilization. This report also summarizes LNOB’s contributions to achieving the goals including policy advocacy at the national and local levels, capacity building, and provision of direct services.
