Yogyakarta – Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted a study regarding the Japanese language training system for internship and/or work programs in Japan for Indonesian citizens.
Yogyakarta – In commemoration of World Population Day 2023, the UGM Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) held a seminar with the theme “A Population of 8 Billion: Understanding Population Trends to Understand Women’s Rights and Voices Towards Demographic Resilience”.
The seminar took place in the Prof. Auditorium Building.
CPPS UGM – MDKIK SPs UGM in collaboration with CPPS UGM successfully held a public lecture entitled “The Role of Digital Forensics in Disclosure of Cyber Incidents” on Tuesday, 16 May 2023.
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CPPS UGM – Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM held a Training on Acceleration Studies in Underdeveloped Regions on 3-5 March 2022 at Auditorium Dr. Agus Dwiyanto, M.P.A., Masri Singarimbun Building, CPPS UGM.
CPPS UGM – Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM held an international online seminar titled “The Dynamics of International Migration during Covid-19 Pandemic: Multiple Perspective”. The Center invited three expert speakers, namely Prof. Aris Ananta (the President of Asian Population Association), Salman Al Farisi (The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in South Africa), and Anis Hidayah (The Head of Center for Research and Migration Studies Migrant CARE). This seminar was guided by the Senior Researcher of CPPS UGM, Dr. Sukamdi. This is part of the Center’s contribution to strengthening transdisciplinary research activities in collaboration with research institutions through Twin Center institution.
See the recording of this seminar at: online seminar
CPPS UGM – Total Fertility Rate (TFR) is the average number of children born from a woman during her childbearing age (between the ages of 15-49 years).
Bojonegoro, CPPS UGM – Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM in collaboration with Exxon Mobil Cepu Limited (EMCL) held “Assistance Program for Improving Governance and Development of Population-oriented Villages”. It was performed in four villages in three sub-districts of Bojonegoro Regency, such as Sedahkidul in Purwosari District, Tlatah in Purosari District, Grebegan in Kalitidu District, and Wadang in Ngasem District.
The program was begun with the knowledge sharing on the development planning of population-oriented village, how to facilitate villagers’ meeting, and the use of data for development priorities. The training speakers consisted of government officials and practitioners as well as the research teams of CPPS UGM, such as Setiadi, Henny Ekawati, Fadlan Habib, and research assistants who regularly conducted training related to improving village governance in the four villages.
To optimize the mentoring process, CPPS UGM also placed advisors to oversee each activity in the four villages. The advisors’ role is to ensure the process of accelerating program implementation and achieving targets. Also, they were the village stakeholders’ colleagues to implement the program.
The results of this program revealed that each assisted village has its own superior program in the development of population-oriented villages, such as Grebegan develops homecare for the elderly and Posyandu for adolescents, Sedahkidul develops a scheme of financing rice planting patterns aimed at helping farmers through the roles of BUMDES, elderly homecare in Tlatah, and Posyandu for adolescents which has been integrated through the Youth Information and Counseling Center (PIK-R) program in Wadang.
This program for governance improvement is one of the major concerns of CPPS UGM on the development of population-oriented communities, especially at the village level. This program is also an advanced program for the 2015-2017 period. This is in line with the world’s commitment through the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) protocol to realize a better life order.
“By having this assistance, we feel grateful for it, that it has opened up new enthusiasm for a better development,” Yahya Ketur Edi Wibowo, the secretary of Grebegan, said.
Author: Nuraini Ika/Editor: Rinta Alvionita/Photo: Fadlan Habib
Yogyakarta, CPPS UGM – A religious foundation in Bandung routinely holds annual mass female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C). At the latest FGM/C, the foundation targets the number of girls to participate by 130. However, the number of participants who registered reached 220, as reported by Vice Indonesia (01/10/2020).
According to Basic Health Research (Riskesdas) 2013 data, 51% of Indonesia women at the age of 0-11 years have performed FGM/C. Further, 72.4% of them have performed FGM/C at age of 1-5 months, 13.9% at the age of 1-5 months, 13.9% at the age of 1-4 years, and 3.3% at the age of 5-11 years.
Indonesia, which has been spared the FGM/C “radar monitoring” at the global level, is now emerging with this problem. In addition, the practice of FGM/C is considered as an African phenomenon, a phenomenon that only occurs in Africa. Data from Riskesdas 2013 underlines the presence of another view that FGM/C also occurs in Asia, especially Indonesia.
In commemoration of the Zero Day on Tolerance of FGM/C, Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM in collaboration with Yogyakarta Women’s March held a seminar “Dissecting Myths and Facts about Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting” on Thursday, February 6, 2020 at Auditorium Prof. Dr. Agus Dwiyanto, Masri Singarimbun Building, Jalan Tevesia, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta.
This seminar did not only present the researchers of CPPS UGM, but it also invited gender activists, reproductive health activists, and Islamic scholars. This seminar aims to see FGM/C from perspectives, such as culture, religion, and policy.
The researcher of CPPS UGM, Sri Purwatiningsih, S.Sc., M.Kes., as the seminar speaker said that in some regions, the practice of circumcision or FGM/C in Indonesia is considered a religious obligation that must be fulfilled and has become a hereditary tradition that is hard to eradicate. The statement refers to the results of CPPS UGM survey 2017 entitled Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Intersection between Tradition and Modernity.
The results of the UGM CPPS survey show that the majority of FGM/C is performed by dukun (45 percent), midwives/nurses/health workers (38%), FGM/C dukun (10%), and doctors (1%). CPPS survey results also show that 84.6% of dukun performed the FGM/C using a knife or razor blade; 3.9% using scissors; and 7.7% using needles.
Based on WHO typology (2012), there are four methods used in FGM/C; clitoridectomy (cutting part or all of the clitoris or membrane above it), excision (cutting part or all of the clitoris and/or labia minora with or without cutting the labia majora), infibulation (the practice of narrowing the vaginal opening with the lining by cutting or changing the shape of the labia majora and labia minora, while the clitoris is not cut at all), and other methods of action that injure the vagina without medical purposes, such as scratching, piercing or scratching the genital area.
Meanwhile, according to the results of the FGM/C survey 2017 conducted by CPPS UGM, the fourth type is the most widely used method in Indonesia. In addition to these findings, the study also found types of FGM/C practices that are not included in WHO typology, such as partially cutting the clitoris and prepuce, scratching or scraping the urethral opening, and symbolic without injury.
The survey of CPPS UGM 2017 was conducted in ten provinces; seven provinces have a fairly high FGM/C prevalence rate, such as Gorontalo, Bangka Belitung, Banten, Riau, South Kalimantan, West Java, and West Sulawesi; and three provinces have local regulations that support the practice of medicalizing women in health service facilities, such as East Kalimantan, Jambi, and West Nusa Tenggara.
No Health Benefits, Only Harm
Referring to WHO data, FGM/C has no health benefits, it endangers girls and women in many ways, such as excessive bleeding, genital tissue swelling, fever, infections such as tetanus, bladder problems, and injuries to the surrounding genital tissue to death.
For the long term, FGM/C can cause problems in the bladder (painful urination, urinary tract infections), vaginal problems (vaginal discharge, itching, bacterial vaginosis, and other infections), problems during menstruation (menstrual pain, menstrual pain menstruation, and so on).
Further, it can also cause sexual problems (pain during intercourse, decreased satisfaction), increased risk of childbirth complications (difficult childbirth, excessive bleeding, caesarean section, and newborn consciousness), newborn mortality, psychological problems (depression, anxiety, post-trauma stress disorder, low self-esteem), and other health complications.
Due to the strong background of customs and culture and without medical reasons, WHO issued a new guideline stating that FGM/C is a violation against human rights.
seminar material links
Below we provide the link of monthly seminar #1 material “Finding a Research Gap” by Prof. Ben White.
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