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| Traditional birth attendants (TBAs) who work with YKP in Indonesia |
YKP: Fighting for Women's Right to Health from Capital to Countryside
In Indonesia, IWHC supports the Women's Health Foundation (Yayasan Kesehatan Perempuan, or YKP), which educates political leaders and decision makers about the importance of a health law that would guarantee women access to reproductive health services, including safe abortion. YKP has also initiated three pilot projects at the district level to ensure that reproductive health services will receive priority attention. In addition, YKP continues work in the community to train peer educators and, increasingly, provide information to young people. Read more>>
Leadership Profile: Saparinah Sadli
An adviser to YKP, Dr. Saparinah Sadli began her commitment to expanding reproductive health choices for Indonesian women as part of a research team of Indonesia's National Family Planning Board in the 1970s. In the 1980s, as Dean of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Indonesia, she was part of the medical team that established Clinic Raden Saleh, a teaching hospital dedicated to providing quality reproductive health and psychological counseling services, including safe abortion services. In 1989 Dr. Sadli was assigned as the Chair of the first Graduate Women's Studies program at the University of Indonesia, one of the leading universities in the country. Since 1999 Dr. Sadli has served as vice chair of Indonesia's National Human Rights Commission as well as chair of the National Commission on Violence against Women. Read more>>
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