UNFPA executive visits Indonesia

UNFPA executive visits Indonesia

JAKARTA: United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive
Director, Thoraya Obaid, will visit Indonesia to promote gender
equality and equity in the country.

Arriving on Monday, Obaid will start her 10-day tour here with
a meeting with former president Abdurrahman Wahid and his wife
Shinta Nuriyah, who is also known as a gender reformist. Later in
the day, Obaid is scheduled to hold talks with the head of the
National Family Planning Board Sumarjati Arjoso and leaders of
major Muslim organizations, including Nahdlatul Ulama and
Muhammadiyah.

Obaid will travel to Aceh on Wednesday and Thursday to monitor
UNFPA humanitarian work in the tsunami-struck province.

A series of meetings with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono,
Minister of Health Siti Fadilah Supari and Aceh and Nias
Reconstruction and Rehabilitation Agency head Kuntoro
Mangkusubroto are still tentative, the UNFPA said in a statement.
-- JP