The elderly population in Indonesia in 2019 reached 9.60 percent or around 25.66 million people. This condition shows that Indonesia is transitioning to aging population because the percentage of population of people aged 60 years and over reaches more than 7 percent of the total population (Indonesian Central Bureau of Statistics, 2019). It was also recorded in 2019 that the dependency ratio of the Indonesian elderly was 15.01 percent. It means that every 100 people of productive age population (aged 15-59 years) must bear 15 elderly. If this is balanced with the ability of elderly that are independent, have good quality, and not a burden on society, then the aging population will have a positive effect on national development.

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.

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.

“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,” Elan Satriawan said.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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