JP\/4\/ICPD<\/p>\n
The Jakarta Post
\nJakarta<\/p>\n
The country needs to revise legal rulings, allocate funding, and
\nestablish clear organizational structure in implementing
\nrecommendations from the International Conference on Population
\nand Development (ICPD+5) to address its population problems, a
\ndiscussion concluded on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
ICPD+5 is the review of the 1994 ICPD recommendations in
\nCairo, Egypt which required countries signing the regulations to
\nimplement them in national policies.<\/p>\n
Such policies should cover poverty eradication, education
\nprioritizing girls and women, gender equity and equality, the
\nreduction of infant and maternal mortality rate, reproductive
\nhealth including programs on fighting AIDS epidemic, food
\nsecurity, human rights protection, and environment preservation.<\/p>\n
Suko Bandiyono, demography expert at National Institute of
\nSciences (LIPI), said in the seminar that the revision of Law.
\nNo. 10\/1992 on the Development of Population and Welfare Family
\nwas needed to accomodate the latest progress in population issues
\nand to accomodate ICPD+5 recommendations.<\/p>\n
\"The law does not cover single parent family. The norms of
\nsmall family in the law is no longer relevant because we need
\nfamily with good quality,\" he said.<\/p>\n
The country also shows each year that some 40 infants die in
\nevery 1,000 live births.<\/p>\n
The law also has no articles supporting women empowerment,
\nchildren and the handicapped's rights, reproductive rights, and
\ngender equality and equity.<\/p>\n
Currently, Indonesia is the home of some 56 million poor
\npeople and its maternal mortality rate is 373 per 100,000 live
\nbirths, ten times higher than Thailand, 11 times higher than
\nMalaysia, and 75 times higher than Singapore.<\/p>\n
The country also shows each year that some 40 infants die in
\nevery 1,000 live births.<\/p>\n
Another speaker, Siswanto Agus Wilopo, deputy of Family
\nPlanning and Reproductive Health at the National Family Planning
\nBoard (BKKBN), said that combination between sufficient fund and
\nclear organizational structure have proven the success of
\npopulation programs.<\/p>\n
\"The presence of both elements prove that government has
\npolitical will in addressing the population problems. However, we
\ndon't have a ministry of population right now and the fund source
\nis also limited. Maybe the issue of population is not attractive
\nfor the government,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Nesim Tumkaya, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
\nRepresentative to Indonesia said that the country should make
\nquick policies to tackle adverse population problems, especially
\nin fighting the AIDS epidemic.<\/p>\n
\"This threat is a serious one; there are some estimated
\n120,000 cases now. You may consider it as low prevalence but it
\nis rapidly rising. There is possibility of million people will be
\ninfected in the immediate future,\"<\/p>",
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