Project profile — Better Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for All in Indonesia

• Indonesia (100.00%)

• Population policy and administrative management:
Population policy and administrative management (13010) (60.00%)
Family planning (13030) (30.00%)
• Government And Civil Society, General: Ending violence against women and girls (15180) (10.00%)

• Gender equality (principal objective)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (not targeted)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (significant objective)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)
• Disability (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)

In light of persistently high levels of maternal mortality and unmet need for family planning, and prevalent harmful practices (including female genital mutilation and child marriage), the Advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Indonesia project, in partnership with UNFPA and UNICEF, aims to transform sexual and reproductive health and rights for women and young people in Indonesia by addressing key gaps in the quality of birth attendants, access to comprehensive sexuality education and youth-friendly services for young people, and advocacy and community-based programming for the prevention of gender-based violence and harmful practices using the male involvement approach (focusing on child marriage and female genital mutilation). This initiative is directly aligned with Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy and supports Canada's commitment of $650M over three years to sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR)

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) improved quality of sexual and reproductive health services, including in the context of gender-based violence and harmful practices (such as child, early and forced marriage, and female genital mutilation), at the national level and in selected provinces; and (2) increased protection of sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls, at the national level and in selected provinces of Indonesia.

Results achieved as of December 2022 include: (1) 5 supported midwifery center of excellences reported a total of 83.9% of their graduates worked in the health services or in the health education sectors, compared to the target of 70% graduates; (2) all of the 5 midwifery centers of excellence fulfil high-quality standards with over 90% student pass rate and completed curriculum analysis 3) 141 midwives increased knowledge and skills on high quality midwifery practices, including knowledge and practise on waste management and care for people with disabilities, made a total to 433 midwives out of 350 midwives targeted; (4) a total of 60 health service workers and 30 non-health service workers increased their knowledge and skill in gender-based violence cases handling add the total to 245 health service and non health service workers compared to 100 targeted; (5) 2,685 young people (2,331 women and 354 men) received gender transformative, comprehensive sexuality education that allows young people to make informed decisions about sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR); (6) 4,972 number of beneficiaries (62% females) increased knowledge and skills on sexual and reproductive health and rights; (7) 1,452 right bearers receiving information on menstrual hygiene management (MHM), SRHR and Child Marriage through advocacy dialogue with community leaders and religious leaders; (8) 2,984 community members (57% women) received information on SRHR including MHM, harmful practices and child marriage, adding the total of 42,916, far beyond the target of 5,000 people.

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