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IPAS Indonesia Foundation Launches CERAH Program, Presents Talkshow on Fulfilling Women’s Reproductive Rights Amidst Climate Crisis
The IPAS Indonesia Foundation launched the CERAH (Climate Emergency, Reproductive Rights and Health) program in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Tuesday (November 6, 2024). This program aims to enhance the resilience of primary healthcare systems to climate change, within...
Mini Reproductive Justice Festival: Collaboration to Promote Comprehensive Healthcare Access for Survivors of Sexual Violence
The IPAS Indonesia Foundation, in collaboration with Jakarta Feminist and Doctors Without Stigma, held a Mini Festival of Reproductive Justice on Sunday, September 29, 2024, at STIK Sint Carolus, Central Jakarta. This event, supported by the Canadian Government, aims...
The Lingering Shadows of Contraception Myths in East Nusa Tenggara
“Misinformation [about contraception] can cause fear among the public,” said Mama Oliva Bhanni, a Family Empowerment and Welfare Cadre (PKK) from Linamnutu Village, South Central Timor Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province. The impact of public belief in contraceptive...
Surakarta City DP3AP2KB Supports ARUNIKA Project as a Pilot Program for Addressing Gender-Based and Sexual Violence (KBGS)
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...
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...
Proactive Outreach to Provide Maternal Health Services
The 2018 earthquake, measuring 7.4 on the Richter Scale, in Sigi and Donggala Regencies, Central Sulawesi, destroyed almost all local health facilities. Worse still, due to climate change, both regencies frequently experience floods. This situation made it difficult...
Women’s Reproductive Health amidst Climate Change in Central Sulawesi
The earthquake that occurred in Sigi and Donggala Regencies, Central Sulawesi, in September 2018, not only altered the physical landscape of the region. Social structures also changed as almost all residents were forced to relocate from their homes for safety reasons....