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In August 2022<\/a>, the Indonesian government declared its commitment to contribute to FP2030, a global partnership for family planning. In this declaration, by 2030, the Indonesian government is committed to realizing voluntary and quality Family Planning (FP) and reproductive health services in accordance with legal provisions. <\/p>\n What exactly does voluntary family planning entail? Why is this important for women and the sustainability of the FP program? <\/p>\n Simply put, voluntary family planning is related to Human Rights (HR) or is rights-based. This means that FP services should adhere to human rights principles<\/a> such as non-discrimination, availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality of information and family planning services, informed decision-making, privacy and confidentiality, participation, and accountability. <\/p>\n By analogy, when a woman decides to choose a contraceptive method, whether natural or modern, it must align with her choice and health condition. She has the right to accurate information. During counseling, her privacy must not be disclosed to other parties. She must also be welcomed without discrimination when accessing services. <\/p>\n This voluntary family planning is an ideal concept for women to realize their reproductive rights. The World Health Organization ( In Indonesia itself, the implementation of rights-based family planning still faces several challenges. Cultural values, social norms, and patriarchal systems remain obstacles for women in exercising their right to plan their families. Furthermore, limited access, quality disparities, and stigma exacerbate the fulfillment of women’s rights. <\/p>\n In several regions with patriarchal social structures, the number of children is often determined by the husband and extended family, not by the woman herself. Moreover, limiting the number of children using contraception is considered a violation of cultural norms. In some areas, contraception is deemed inconsistent with religious values. This results in low contraceptive use, leading to suboptimal family planning. <\/p>\n Nevertheless, we should appreciate the achievements of the FP program in Indonesia. According to data from Furthermore, the government has also succeeded in reducing the birth rate (fertility rate). Based on data from BPS<\/a> (Statistics Indonesia), the fertility rate in 2020 decreased to 2.27 from 2.41 in 2010. This figure is targeted to reach 2.21 by 2025<\/a>. <\/p>\n This success is supported by numerous policies launched by the government, such as the involvement of all stakeholders, media utilization, and the role of religious leaders to educate the public on the importance of contraception, while also providing comprehensive education on various types of contraception, their impacts, and the importance of good planning before pregnancy.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, it is important to consider how women actually decide to choose contraception for family planning. We can reflect briefly on how the FP program was implemented in the 1990s. Indeed, the FP program during that era was claimed to be successful. <\/p>\n At that time<\/a>, many women were urged to participate in family planning under the pretext of an agenda to improve population welfare. Consequently, women were not provided with transparent information regarding their choices and the impacts. Even In 2016, the government began shifting towards rights-based family planning with the Kampung KB<\/a> (Family Planning Village) program. This program aims to train healthcare workers to better educate women on contraceptive use. <\/p>\n Regarding rights-based family planning, we can learn from Ethiopia<\/a>. In educating about the importance of rights-based family planning, the Ethiopian government involved religious leaders. These leaders emphasized that contraceptive use is not a rejection of religious teachings. This step successfully reduced stigma and increased awareness among the community. Contraceptive use in Ethiopia<\/a> was 44.2% in 2023, with the highest rate in Addis Ababa at 52.3%. <\/p>\n Family planning achievement figures are indeed important as indicators of the program’s progress. However, the fulfillment of women’s rights must not be overlooked. To support women’s life choices, there must be adequate, stigma-free access, and guarantees against discrimination or coercion. Because the decision to become pregnant, not to become pregnant, and to plan a pregnancy is a fundamental right for women. <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In August 2022, the Indonesian government declared its commitment to contribute to FP2030, a global partnership for family planning. In this declaration, by 2030, the Indonesian government is committed to realizing voluntary and quality Family Planning (FP) and reproductive health services in accordance with legal provisions. What exactly does voluntary family planning entail? Why is this important for women and the sustainability of the FP program? Simply put, voluntary family planning is related to Human Rights (HR) or is rights-based. This means that FP services should adhere to human rights principles such as non-discrimination, availability, accessibility, acceptability, quality of information and family planning services, informed decision-making, privacy and confidentiality, participation, and accountability. By analogy, when a woman decides to choose a contraceptive method, whether natural or modern, it must align with her choice and health condition. She has the right to accurate information. During counseling, her privacy must not be disclosed to other parties. She must also be welcomed without discrimination when accessing services. This voluntary family planning is an ideal concept for women to realize their reproductive rights. The World Health Organization (WHO) states that voluntary family planning contributes significantly to women’s empowerment, not only in terms of health […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3005,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[206],"tags":[157,204,207],"topic":[],"class_list":["post-3003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion","tag-family-planning","tag-family-planning-2","tag-women"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3003\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3003"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipasindonesia.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=3003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}