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View all search resultsA disproportionate number of housewives and pregnant women contract sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as HIV and syphilis each year, according to recent data from the Health Ministry, which attributed the problems to poor awareness of sexual health and their partners' unsafe sexual behavior.
Activists are increasing pressure on governments to address the barriers that are preventing persons with disabilities and LGBT people from accessing information and services in sexual and reproductive health, including prevailing social stigmas.
Sexual and reproductive health is and has always been a critical part of any humanitarian response. Failing to provide SRH services will have a devastating impact on the lives of millions of people in lower-middle income countries, including Indonesia.
Talk of sex is still taboo in most parts of predominantly Muslim Indonesia, but over the past few years the country has borne witness to a growing conversation on sexuality led by a younger generation of women.
Female genital mutilation is a violation of girls’ bodies and of their human rights. It causes serious harm, putting their lives at risk, and can leave them with lifelong physical and mental traumas. Over 200 million women worldwide have already undergone FGM.
Within the next decade, no longer should mothers die while giving life; and gender-based violence and harmful practices against women and girls should be out of the picture. That is if the government stays true to its commitment announced at the Nairobi Summit in the Kenyan capital from Nov. 12 to 14.
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