IPAS Indonesia Foundation held an official meeting with the Department of Women's Empowerment, Child Protection, Population Control, and Family Planning (DP3AP2KB) of Surakarta City, Central Java, on Thursday, August 29, 2024. The purpose of this meeting was to...
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Collaboration between CIMSA UIN Syarif Hidayatullah and IPAS Indonesia Foundation: Promoting Reproductive Health to Junior High School Students, Parents, and Teachers
The Center for Indonesian Medical Students’ Activities (CIMSA) Faculty of Medicine, UIN Syarif Hidayatullah Jakarta, invited the IPAS Indonesia Foundation to promote reproductive health for junior high school students, parents, and teachers. This activity, titled...
Hopes for Post-Miscarriage Care Training in NTT: Reducing the Maternal Mortality Rate (MMR)
Comprehensive Post-Abortion Care (PAC) Training in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) was held again from September 9-13, 2024, at Prof. Dr. W.Z. Johannes Regional General Hospital, Kupang City. This training is a form of support from the IPAS Indonesia Foundation to the...
Enhancing Reproductive Health Resilience Amidst Climate Crisis Impacts: IPAS Indonesia Foundation Partners with Three Regencies in Central Sulawesi
The Initiative for Change in Access to Health (IPAS) Indonesia Foundation has partnered with three regencies in Central Sulawesi to enhance the resilience of the reproductive health system amidst the impacts of the climate crisis through the CERAH project (Capable...
Comprehensive Post-Miscarriage Care Training in NTT to Support the Initial Implementation of Services at Primary Healthcare Facilities
The IPAS Indonesia Foundation supports the Ministry of Health (Kemenkes) of the Republic of Indonesia in conducting comprehensive Post-Abortion Care (PAC) training. This training was held at WZ Johannes Regional General Hospital (RSUD), Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara...
The Climate Crisis and Women’s Reproductive Health: a Call for Collaboration
Research indicates that the climate crisis significantly impacts women's reproductive health. However, the interactions and linkages between these two issues have not been adequately addressed in many development activities. In 2022-2023, IPAS Indonesia partnered with...
Youth Voices Discuss Climate Crisis and Reproductive Health through Photography
The climate crisis has been demonstrably exacerbating the reproductive health of women and adolescent girls in Indonesia. How can this situation be portrayed through photographic media? Yayasan IPAS Indonesia invited young people aged 19-24 from Sigi and Donggala,...
Photovoice Metaformosa: Women’s Stories of Recovery from Violence through Photography
"Writing is part of the recovery process. Sometimes, expressing what we mean is not always easy. However, by showing it in a photograph, we can convey the intended message," Helen Intanita - SAMMI Institute. Adinda Arbaningrum is one of the participants of the...
Protection for Women’s Lives from Pregnancies Resulting from Rape at KUPI II
To strengthen the position of women in civilization, the Indonesian Women Ulama Congress (KUPI) is being held again. This second congress will take place from November 23-26, 2022, in Semarang and Jepara, Central Java. KUPI II adopts the theme “Affirming the Role of...
Be Educated and Responsible Together with CIMSA
The IPAS Indonesia Foundation participated in the Community Development activities organized by CIMSA (Center for Indonesian Medical Students’ Activities). This event, held on November 19, 2022, took place at Wijaya Kusuma Pratama Junior High School in Tangerang. More...
The Ministry of Law and Human Rights Must Ensure Law Enforcement Related to Reproductive Justice
The Director of IPAS Indonesia Foundation, Dr. Marcia Soumokil, MPH, along with CSO partners from the CEDAW Working Group Indonesia (CWGI), met with the Indonesian Minister of Law and Human Rights, Prof. Yasonna Laoly, and the Directors. The meeting discussed the...
Preparing Master Trainers for Comprehensive and Woman-Centered Post-Miscarriage Care Training
The IPAS Indonesia Foundation organized a capacity-building activity for master trainers in comprehensive and woman-centered Post-Miscarriage Care (APK) training. The event, held from October 11-13, 2022, at Artotel Suites Bianti Yogyakarta, was organized in...
Training of Trainers (ToT) on Women-Centered Post-Miscarriage Care in Collaboration with FK Unpad
IPAS Indonesia Foundation, in collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Padjadjaran University (FK Unpad), organized a training of trainers (ToT) activity. This activity aims to support the Ministry of Health in expanding access to Post-Miscarriage Care services by...
IPAS Indonesia Foundation and FK Unpad Officially Collaborate to Improve the Quality of Post-Miscarriage Care Services
IPAS Indonesia Foundation has established a collaboration with the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjajaran (FK Unpad). The signing of the cooperation agreement was officially held on October 4, 2022, at the office of the Dean of FK Unpad, Pamitran Building, Jl....
Emergency Response Training for Cases of Female Reproductive Disorders and Gender-Based Violence for Village Health Workers
The Law on Sexual Violence Crimes, which was recently enacted in April 2022, mandates that the government is responsible for fulfilling the rights of sexual violence victims to handling, protection, and recovery, including the...
IPAS Indonesia Foundation Pledges Support for Achieving the 3 Zeros Target
The International Conference on Family Planning and Reproductive Health in Indonesia, or the 2nd International Conference on Indonesia Family Planning and Reproductive Health (ICIFPRH), held from August 23-25, 2022, adopted the theme “Accelerating the promise of 3...
Redefining “Comprehensive” in Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence Following the Ratification of Law No. 12/2022 on Sexual Violence Crimes (TPKS)
The IPAS Indonesia Foundation held a discussion titled "Redefining 'Comprehensive' in Services for Survivors of Sexual Violence" (August 24). This discussion was part of the second International Conference on Indonesia Family...
Media Training for Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Issues
Mass media plays a crucial role in influencing public opinion and stakeholders, particularly in broadly promoting public health rights to enhance the quality of public policy, including policies for fulfilling Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR). However, in...
Workshop on Monitoring CEDAW Implementation in Indonesia
Although Indonesia has ratified CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women), this does not guarantee that the issue of discrimination against women in Indonesia has been resolved. The numerous issues of discrimination against...
Public Discussion on Media Coverage of Sexual Violence
Public discourse on sexual violence can be constructed, perpetuated, and challenged through narratives in mass media. So, how have these narratives been viewed so far by media practitioners and civil society groups? The IPAS Indonesia Foundation held a public...
Cross-Sector Collaboration to Enhance Access and Services for Post-Abortion Care and Post-Abortion Contraception
As an effort to encourage the availability of comprehensive, woman-centered Post-Abortion Care (PAC) services throughout Indonesia and to improve access and quality of family planning services, especially post-abortion contraception, the IPAS Indonesia Foundation...
Post-Miscarriage Care Training for Teaching Hospitals in Bandung
The IPAS Indonesia Foundation is committed to supporting the Ministry of Health in expanding access to Post-Miscarriage Care (PMC) services. Following its launch in 2021, the IPAS Foundation has collaborated with practitioners and academics to enhance the capacity of...
Training for Trainers (ToT) on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SRHR) for Community Facilitators Assisting Victims of Sexual Violence in Central Sulawesi
This training was opened by Soraya Sultan, Director of KPKPST, with a presentation of data on women’s reproductive health cases received by the KPKPST reporting center. Some of these include cases of rape, child marriage, incest, and stunting, which frequently occurred after the natural disaster that struck the Sigi and Donggala regions of Central Sulawesi.
Refresher Workshop for PAC Trainers and Master Trainers and Introduction of the Latest Module Curriculum
IPAS Indonesia Foundation, in collaboration with the Post-Abortion Care (PAC) training facilitators from the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health and Nursing, Gadjah Mada University (FK-KMK UGM), organized a refresher workshop for PAC trainers and master trainers. This...
VCAT Training for KPKPST Staff and Volunteers
Since May 2022, the IPAS Indonesia Foundation has been exploring collaboration with a new CSO partner, namely KPKPST (Women's Equality Struggle Group of Central Sulawesi), which is based in Palu. KPKPST has been working for over twenty years in Central Sulawesi, in...
























