Data from the Statistics Indonesia (BPS) shows that the Labor Force Participation Rate (TPAK) of women is still far below the men, where the TPAK for men is 83.2% and women is only 54.3% (BPS, 2022). As an effort to increase women’s TPAK, the government has issued a policy of managing forest areas by the […]
Indonesia still has homework to reduce the economic disparity between women and men. Based on Sakernas data (2018), women’s Labor Force Participation Rate (TPAK) is 51.88%. It is lower than men’s TPAK which reaches 82.69%. This condition became a serious concern of the government, where in the 2020-2024 National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN), the Government
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Since 2017, the Revenue Sharing Fund for Natural Resources and Forestry Reforestation Funds (DBH DR) has been distributed to producing provinces as a consequence of implementing Law No. 23 of 2014 concerning Regional Government which transferred authority for forestry affairs from districts/cities to provinces. Although it has been transferred, there are still remaining DBH DR
Communication and advocacy are interrelated. Successful advocacy is born from effective and targeted communication. Therefore, in carrying out advocacy work, civil society social groups need to have skills in developing communication and advocacy strategies so that they can voice the aspirations of the people in the areas they assist with effectively and in accordance with
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Climate change is an unavoidable condition nowadays. Society must begin to adapt and survive through the climate changes. In the agricultural sector, vulnerable groups—poor farmers, women, people with disabilities, and the elderly—are the groups that feel the greatest impact from climate change. The lack of socialization and the lack of access to information makes these
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Young people must be “mischievous” in criticizing the development of public services in Indonesia. This was raised in the remarks delivered by Bambang Kurniawan, Vice Chancellor I of the University of Yuppentek Indonesia, at the Tangerang City Goes to Campus (Online) Report. “Complaints from the public, including youth, contribute to the development of public services,”
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In the end of 2021, the Director General of Fiscal Balance at the Ministry of Finance released data regarding the remaining Reforestation Revenue Sharing Funds (DBH DR) in the regions. Based on these data, there are still many provincial and district/city governments that have not optimized the management of DBH DR. On the other hand,
Forest and Land Rehabilitation (RHL) is one of the priority strategies of the Indonesian government in the 2020-2024 National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) to develop the environment and increase resilience to disasters and climate change. Based on the results of the PATTIRO study, the failure to achieve the RHL target in the previous period
The low carbon development agenda is a strategic agenda that is being touted by the government in order to pursue the target of reducing Green House Gas (GHG) emissions, which is 29% unconditional (with their own efforts) and 41% with international support in 2030. In order to realize this target, PATTIRO with the Civil Society Coalition
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Over the last 20 years, communities in East Manggarai Regency have felt some signs of climate change, such as shorter rainy seasons, heavy rainfall, longer dry seasons with a duration of 7-8 months, and extreme heat in certain months. Droughts are increasingly common. This has led to a decline in rice yields in technically irrigated
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JAKARTA. 2022, 25 August – The commitment of Indonesia to keep the earth’s temperature rise below 1.5 degrees Celsius was agreed upon in the Paris Agreement in 2015. The Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) document was established that year as an official agreement in our country’s emission reduction efforts submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention
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According to the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), the stunting rate in Indonesia is currently around 24.4%, exceeding the standard set by the World Health Organization (WHO) of 20%. Reducing stunting in children under the age of two is one of the national development priorities in the main targets of the 2020-2024 National
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