Yogyakarta – Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM held a web seminar (webinar) titled “Scrutinizing Physical Distancing Policy on COVID-19” on Thursday, May 14, 2020 at 10.00-12.00 a.m.

The transmission pattern of COVID-19 following the exponential rate forces the public to implement physical distancing and even many countries then issued full lockdown or partial lockdown policy to reduce the trend of pandemic transmission. Indonesia started implementing large-scale social restriction (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar/PSBB) policy from April 7, 2020.

Dr. Hakimul Ikwan, a lecturer at Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM and researcher at CPPS UGM said that all countries are currently affected by COVID-19, including the so-called most modern and ‘superior’ countries, such as America, but not all countries have experienced the downturn, e.g. Taiwan and Vietnam.

Even though the current situation (physical distancing) forces the community to be physically distant, the community should also not be emotionally distant because everyone is facing the same problem called COVID-19. However, according to him, there is a strong indication that there will be a growing division of emotional closeness in Indonesia.

Hakim highlighted that the downturn in America occurred, one of them is because of a loss of public trust (distrust) to the leaders of the country, e.g. there was an extraordinary political divide between supporters of the republic and democrats. Meanwhile, the opposite condition happened in Taiwan and Vietnam, which carried out a “remote smart” system. Taiwan did not even hesitate to cut its relationship with China despite their strong ties. The two countries had successfully learned from Hong Kong that did not open the data when the corona virus began to spread.

“Indonesia is currently standing on the brink of distrust because, in one hand, it has a pre-condition of America (disintegration), but on the other hand it does not have Taiwanese and Vietnamese anti-bodies (smartly distant). The government should learn from Taiwan and Vietnam and build public trust,” he said.

Based on the three main pillars of social and social welfare, such as state responsibility, mandatory contributions, and voluntary or voluntarism, Hakim marked that the remaining pillar that provides a ray of hope to prevent emotional divisions in society is the third pillar, voluntary (voluntarism) or social solidarity.

The results of the CPPS UGM survey (2020) conducted online showed that 80 percent of the community is willing to make donations in the form of basic necessities and 76.2 percent said they would donate in the form of money. 34.2 percent are willing to directly give the donation to recipients, 24.7 percent through institutions or third parties, 22.2 percent through online donations, 18.9 percent do not apply, and 22.2 percent said they would do online donation.Chairperson of MUI DIY at department of HR, culture, and art as well as lecturer at UIN Sunan Kalijaga, Dr. Tulus Mustofa explained that Islam is also taught to teach the importance of cultivating an attitude of solidarity in the face of a pandemic. “First of all, building solidarity is very important because whatever we design, as a people or nation, is difficult to achieve if the people or nation are not solid. An outbreak is not only seen as a disaster, but also the opportunity for charity to help others, as well as a part to keep the disaster away,” he said.

Policy Communications in the Era of COVID-19

A lecturer at Faculty of Social Sciences and Politics UGM and Head of Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies, Prof. Hermin Indah Wahyu explained that the novelty character of the corona virus makes the information environment uncertain, therefore the communication strategy must be very precise and intended to the right people as well.

“In the case of a pandemic, preventing the spread of escalation of transmission is an important keyword, so the choice of which method will be the success or failure of a country to get out of the struggle against the COVID-19,” she said.

The quality of public communication (in Indonesia) in the face of a pandemic, according to her, at least experiences several problems, such as, the exposure of strategies by relevant parties with no evidence-based policy, the interpenetration communication failure, and the absence of communication in a large scenario that become the basic strategy of the war against COVID-19.

Regarding the choice of intervention efforts to reduce the spread of the virus, the community needs to be invited to understand what is being faced as well as how the choice of strategies will contribute to reducing escalation. The role of epidemic experts is very important to provide a database that guides the government’s actions.

“However, what happened in Indonesia is we are shocked because of the unclear choice of policy directions. The epidemic experts should have a strong stage because they are experts. However, Indonesian epidemic experts do not even have a stage at all,” she added.

Meanwhile, the interpenetration communication failure is marked by the dominance of certain internal systems in responding to crises, such as COVID-19. “For example, corona in the transportation system filter, corona in the economic system filter, corona in the legal system filter,” she emphasized.

In addition, according to her, there is too much resonance or too many branches of issues that had been echoed by the stakeholders and all the systems expressed their views in accordance with the character of their internal system functions, so they were far from the main problem of the corona pandemic, i.e. health.

“Public discourse about PSBB is filtered by many systems, so it is difficult to avoid discourse conflicts that are very potential to occur,” she explained. Also, there is no communication in a large scenario that is the basic strategy against the corona virus, so it is difficult for the public to imagine what phase Indonesia is currently in (normal, critical, or sloping)?

“The latest data are updated by the Ministry of Health spokesperson every day, but what is meant by such information cannot be captured in the framework of macro strategies. Coordination by the president and staff, and the task force handling COVID-19 by BNPB has more or less the same color of information. Ideally, the president gives a more macro-substantive view of driving the coordination of various elements,” she said.

“A very fragmented portrait of policy communication is difficult to be able to imagine the big depiction like what is currently in the minds of the public: uncertain, equivocality,” she concluded.

Here is the link for the seminar material: download

Author: Nuraini Ika dan Nurul Widia |  Language Editor: Rinta Alvionita  |  Photo: Ramlon (pixabay.com)

Yogyakarta – In addition to causing problems in global health and economic crisis, the World Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recalled that the COVID-19 pandemic can also cause a world food crisis. According to the FAO, the food crisis is predicted to begin in May-June 2020, and is even likely to continue for the next two years before the global situation returns to normal.

To support food self-sufficiency in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, urban communities can utilize urban farming models, such as optimizing land or open space by creating community garden, roof garden or vertical garden. Also, developing urban farming model on limited land can also be done, such as vertical, hydroponic, and aquaponic gardens.

As one of referenced institutions for research in population and policy, Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM always seeks to ground the discourse it builds into the most practical and strategic actions needed in dealing with a crisis situation.

In facing the food crisis in the midst of COVID-19 pandemic, CPPS UGM initiate home gardening movement. For example, a researcher and CPPS UGM manager of media and publication, Hakimul Ikwan, made a home garden using urban farming systems (vertical, hydroponic, and aquaponic garden) in his yard.

Hakim said that he has planted many kinds of vegetables so far, such as spinach, kale, and mustard greens. Also, to support food self-sufficiency, he has made a simple fish pond for the cultivation of freshwater fish, such as tilapia, catfish, and carp.

Freshwater fish farming is also carried out by the Head of CPPS UGM, Agus Joko Pitoyo, by making a fish pond behind his house. He has also planted cassava as the way to support food security.

The same thing is done by Citra Sekarjati (a research assistant at CPPS UGM) who has made a vertical garden on her house wall. In addition to growing vegetables, she said that she likes to plant mint leaves because it benefits human health.

Besides, Sri Purwaningsih (a researcher at CPPS UGM) has also planted chili using pot on the porch in her house terrace, as well as Setiadi (a researcher at CPPS UGM) who has planted spinach using polybags as the planting media.

To support food security in urban areas, we can try to plant lowland vegetables, such as kale and spinach. The care for these vegetables is not too difficult and relatively quick to be harvested. Spinach and spinach are usually ready to be harvested at the age of 21-25 days.

In addition to the two vegetables, as reported by tirto.id, other food security groups that can independently be planted are tomatoes with a harvest period of 60 days, chili peppers in 70 days, tubers in 80 days, cucumber in 75 days, eggplant in 90 days, then mustard greens and caisim which are ready to harvest after 40 days of planting. Also, gardening for personal consumption can save the costs of vegetable purchasing and transportation by up to 50-60 percent.

Writer: Nuraini Ika  | Language Editor: Rinta Alvionita

Yogyakarta – Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM held a Webinar (Web Seminar) titled “COVID-19 from the Population and Policy Perspective,” on Monday, April 20, 2020 at 10.00 to 12.00 a.m. WIB.

The transmission pattern of COVID-19 following the exponential rate forces the people to do a physical distancing, even many countries, including Indonesia, which then issued a full lockdown or partial lockdown policy to slow down or reduce the trend of pandemic transmission. One way to do this is to issue a Large-scale Social Restriction (Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar/PSBB) policy.

Dr. Elan Satriawan, a lecturer at Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Gadjah Mada and Head of TNP2K Policy Working Group, as the keynote speaker said that PSBB policy and decisions taken at the company or individual level to stay at home and limit activities outside the home will have an impact on the decline in economic activity and volume significantly.

This decline has the greatest impact on the poor and vulnerable groups, the majority of those who work in informal sectors with daily wage and/or without benefits. Most of the poor and vulnerable families also do not have assets and savings to support the loss or decrease in income.

“Those who are not poor are close to the poverty line. It means that if there is a crisis, it makes those who are not poor lose income, so they become poor. Without access to safety net programs, the poor and vulnerable groups will be hit from two sides, health and economy,” he said.

To overcome this problem, she called for the government to make improvements to the health system, ensure the effectiveness of safety net system (not only related to the welfare, but also the effectiveness of PSBB), and optimize the role of non-governmental actors.

The Dilemma on Homecoming during COVID-19

Another problem in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is the activities of migrants or migrant workers to return to their area of origin. Dr. Agus Joko Pitoyo, Head of CPPS UGM and lecturer at Faculty Geography, Universitas Gadjah Mada emphasized that homecoming during the COVID-19 pandemic bring about the chance to expand the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak in Indonesia.

Dr. Agus explained that based on the calculation of the Transition Index as of 12 April 2020, regions in Indonesia that have high population mobility tend to be vulnerable to COVID-19, such as Jakarta, Banten, and West Java, as reported by katadata.com.

Meanwhile, based on a survey of the Ministry of Transportation of the Republic of Indonesia, 44 percent of migrants residing in Jakarta already have returned and have the desire to return to their area of origin.

According to him, if there is a backflow of migrants from urban areas, such as Jakarta, Banten, and West Java, to their area of origin, then the regions with low population mobility will be threatened with a high number of COVID-19 cases.

“Migration during an outbreak is the main key in the spread of COVID-19, therefore, it is important to control the flow of homecoming, especially before the Eid al-Fitr,” he added.

Meanwhile, he also explained that the main reason for those who want to go home in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is that most of the nomads, dominated by informal workers, lost their income. This encourages them to return to their hometown in the hope that other work opportunities will still be available in the area of origin, and they hope to be able to share the burden with family. Another reason is to seek security with family during the outbreak.

The Increase in Domestic Violence Cases

Dr. Elli Nur Hayati, lecturer of Faculty of Psychology, Ahmad Dahlan University, highlighted the increase in domestic violence cases becomes another problem in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“The issue on domestic violence occurs at this time, especially in countries that issue lockdown. Since the lockdown was implemented, many women have filed for divorce. This is not a personal problem, but there is a contribution to the occurrence of violence, both at the individual level and at the relationship level,” she said.

In 2019, National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) recorded at least 11,105 cases of domestic violence in Indonesia. Social restrictions that began to be imposed since the beginning of March 2020 are predicted to cause an increase in domestic violence cases.

Eddy Muhammad, Head of Yogyakarta Women Empowerment and Child Protection Agency (DPMPPA), explained that the domestic violence cases in the city of Yogyakarta increased in March 2020 since there were the issuance of restriction on social activity, as reported by tirto.id (4/20/2020).

According to Dr. Elli, this is predicted because when the physical distancing is done and they are forced to stay at home, women’s double burden will become stronger (domestic affairs), especially when many men lose their income which then causes conflict. Meanwhile, when the violence cases occur, many centers for violence victims are closed since they have to apply isolation factors.

“What can be done is to provide support to the victims (the hotline services should be performed), provide pressure so that the perpetrators conduct counseling, control stress in a positive way, and won’t hurt others,” she said. In addition, the government also needs to have guidance on how to integrate gender in critical situations in the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Ambar Widaningrum, lecturer of Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, emphasized that the government should also optimize the dynamics of governance in handling COVID-19. According to her, the government needs to implement science and evidence-based policies, strengthen coordination, and synergize among factors, strengthen literacy related to virus outbreaks especially COVID-19, and apply policies to strengthen the availability and reliability of infrastructure for COVID-19 handling.

Yogyakarta – Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM helped vulnerable communities affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

CPPS UGM collaborated with several disaster response action associations to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including Dapur Umum Melawan COVID-19 (Public Kitchen to Fight COVID-19) and Tolong Sesama Lawan COVID-19 (Help Others to Fight COVID-19).

In collaboration with Dapur Umum Melawan COVID-19 initiated by Solidaritas Pangan Yogyakarta (Yogyakarta Food Solidarity), CPPS UGM distributed the donation in the form of Vitamin C and Vitamin E to the elderly and children in need in Gubung Kidul Regency, Sleman Regency, and Kotagede, Yogyakarta.

Meanwhile, in collaboration with Tolong Sesama Lawan COVID-19 initiated by interfaith, cultural, and professional networks in Yogyakarta, Central Java, and Bali, CPPS UGM also provided food stalls and distributed them to informal workers who were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also, the team of CPPS UGM directly involved in distributing 290 food packages to a number of families in need in Yogyakarta on 10-11 April 2020. In detail, 160 food packages were distributed to Sleman Regency, Yogyakarta City, and Bantul Regency, and 130 packages were distributed to the Sukoharjo region as well.

Basilica Dyah Putranti, a volunteer of Tolong Sesama Lawan COVID-19 as well as CPPS’s researcher, explained that such disaster response action aims to help those who are in need and to mutually reinforce communities so that they can rise from the global health crisis due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“There is no need to wait for government assistance, everyone is basically blessed with a conscience and a sincere desire to help others who need help. The COVID-19 pandemic is a global disaster, it’s us who should help each other to get up together from adversity,” she said.

She added that the spread of COVID-19 is very fast and the vaccine has not been found, so one of the most likely efforts to not be easily infected by COVID-19 is to maintain body immune, one of them is to regularly take vitamin C and vitamin E.

In addition, an effort to fight the spread of COVID-19 is to do physical distancing. This significantly affects the decline in economic activity and volume, especially for those who belong to lower-middle income groups, the majority of whom work in informal sectors with daily wage. This group also does not have assets and savings that can be relied upon while facing the lost or decrease their income.

“In addition to the high percentage of informal workers (around 55 percent) in Indonesia, they are also one of the most affected groups in the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, we distribute food donation in the hope that it can ease the burden on those in need,” she added.

As a referral research institution in population and policy, according to her, CPPS UGM is supposed to always ground the discourse that it builds into the most practical and strategic actions needed in a crisis situation.

Triyastuti Setianingrum, CPPS UGM Finance, Asset, and HR Manager, said that the COVID-19 pandemic has many implications that affect various aspects of life, such as economic, social, cultural, religious, and political. Therefore, good cooperation and awareness of all parties is needed to immediately get out of this condition.

“Therefore, CPPS UGM is moving together, hand in hand to fight the COVID-19 pandemic by donating and collaborating with various parties to help those in need,” she said. According to her, this action is also one of the implementations of Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi (Three Pillars of Higher Education), that is community service.

In addition to hold collaboration with some parties, she highlighted that CPPS UGM also had a plan to provide assistance in the form of basic foods given to internal and external parties of CPPS UGM.

Moreover, CPPS UGM also had a scientific agenda related to COVID-19, such as holding online seminars and publishing the Special Edition of Jurnal Populasi on COVID-19.

Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM held an online seminar “Population and Policy Perspective on COVID-19” on Monday (04/20/2020).

Here is the link for the seminar material.

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

Yogyakarta, CPPS UGM – Center for Population and Policy Studies (CPPS) UGM held four monthly seminar series that focus on general materials to support article writing. The four materials are Finding a Research Gap, Reviewing Literature, Formulating the Argument, and Writing the Conclusion.

At the first session (Monday, 27 January 2020), Prof. Ben White as the speaker began the discussion with the tagline, “All good research and writing begins with reading”. According to him, good research and writing always starts with a lot of reading.

Regarding the topic, he explained considerations in choosing the topics, originality of the article writing, and critical study.

In choosing a research topic, according to Ben, the important thing to consider is to select favorable topic since it will affect the sustainability of the writer’s interest or enthusiasm while conducting research.

“Choose something you are interested in which will sustain your interest over a relatively long period of time, and not too ambitious or challenging in relation to the time available, and your capacities (especially if you are not a professional researcher),” Ben added.

He emphasized that a work is original if the writing expresses an argument that has never been revealed before, gives empirical work that has never been published, or provides a new interpretation of information that is already known, and/or by using methods that have not been previously done.

“Your work is original if it advances knowledge (or debate) in a way that it hasn’t been done before,” he stressed.

Regarding the critical study, he gave four tips; a research must have critical value, deconstruction, and theoretical work. Based on these three steps, the writer must develop a point of view or position can link the theory and practice.

The second session will be held on Tuesday, 28 January 2020 at 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 a.m. at Auditorium Prof. Dr. Agus Dwiyanto, Masri Singarimbun Building, Jalan Tevesia, Bulaksumur, Yogyakarta. The next session will tell about two topics entitled “Formulating the Argument” and “Writing the Conclusion” which will be held next month.

Below we provide the link of monthly seminar #1 material “Finding a Research Gap” by Prof. Ben White.

Link #1 Finding a “Research Gap”

Universitas Gadjah Mada, in cooperation with Indonesia Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), will hold The 5^th Asian population Association Conference on 24-27 November, 2020 at Royal Ambarukmo Hotel, Yogyakarta.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

1. Future Challenges of Asian Population Dynamics
2. Population Census/Survey, Vital Registration, and Big Data
3. Fertility, Fecundity, Reproductive Health, and Reproductive Rights
4. Mortality, Morbidity, Epidemiology, and Causes of Death
5. Population Mobility (Internal and International Migration, including Refugees) and Urbanization
6. Family Formation and Dissolution, Family and Kinship
7. Demographic Theory and Methods (Including Demographic Training)
8. Population Dynamics, Demographic Transition and Population Ageing
9. Population and Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
10. Special Population Group (Youth, Persons with Disability, etc.)
11. Population and Economy: Demographic Dividend, Labor Market and Population Policies
12. Ethnicity/Race, Religion and Language
13. Others (Education, Wellbeing and Happiness, etc.)
14. Indonesia Special Sessions

GUIDELINE FOR ABSTRACT PREPARATION

1. Abstract is required and should not exceed 200 words
2. Extended abstract is optional and should not be more than 5 pages. The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font, and all illustration, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
3. Full paper is optional. Length of the manuscript should not exceed 8,000 words excluding references (about 25 pages). The text is double-spaced; uses a 12-point font; and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
4. The paper title must not be in ‘all capital letters’ (e.g. “INFLUENCE OF PARENTAL EDUCATION ON NUPTIAL BEHAVIOR: AN ANALYSIS OF HINDU COMMUNITY IN INDIA’ must be ‘Influence of Parental Education on Nuptial Behavior: An Analysis of Hindu Community in India’).
5. The authors’ names must not be in “all capital letters’ (e.g. ‘SAM SMITH’ must be ‘Sam SMITH’).

 KEY CONFERENCE DATE

Submission opens : 1 October 2019

Submission deadline : 31 January 2020

Notification of decision : 11 May 2020

Registration opens : 8 June 2020

Early bird registration closes : 14 September 2020

Main conference : 24-27 November 2020

See the details of important dates on https://www.asianpa.org/78-apa-activities/449-important-dates.html 

More information can be accessed through www.asianpa.org