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Gender Equality and Social Inclusion
What is
Our No Mannel Pledge
Manel is an abbreviation referring to as “man panel.” The term is used to explain the common practice in public events with a lack of balanced representation of other groups of people as experts in particular issues in public events. Promoting more experts with diverse backgrounds of genders, age groups, and races will support Gender Equality and Social Inclusion in Indonesia. UNDP Indonesia supports the “No Manel” movement to encourage internal and external practices to champion experts in diverse fields and topics in the Sustainable Development Agenda.
"Gender equality is the best chance that we have to combat the most pressing challenges of our time"
Michelle Yeoh, UNDP Goodwill Ambassador
Gender Equality in Numbers
Our work in sustainable development, governance and resilience building.
GESI in Indonesia
Our work on gender equality is guided by international and domestic laws and standards, through the Convention on all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW, 1979) and the Beijing Platform of Action (1995). The Government of Indonesia ratified the UN Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and committed to the Beijing Platform of Action, both of which provide guidance on removing barriers preventing women from fully participating in public life. Indonesia also signed the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) in 2006.
The National Gender Mainstreaming Policy enacted in 2000 (through The Presidential Decree in) guides the National Long-term Development Plan (RPJPN) 2005- 2025 which confirms the Indonesian government’s commitment to gender equality with specific laws in place and aligning the National Development Agenda with 17 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) #5 Gender Equality.
Measures have been taken to implement the Government’s zero-tolerance policy for gender-based violence. These include the Law on Domestic Violence in 2004, the Victim Protection Law in 2006, the Law on Anti-Trafficking in 2007, and the Law on the Protection of Women and Anti Gender- based Violence in 2009. Recently, UNDP Indonesia worked with government to prevent Gender Based Violence (GBV)/Violence Against Women (VAW) through piloting the development of local GBV action plan and integrated services for GBV survivors .
UNDP Indonesia supports ministries of GOI in promoting women for peacebuilding, gender sensitive budgeting for climate change adaptation, building more gender sensitive law-enforcement in environment crimes-handling , and promote gender equality in economic empowerment.
Our Work
UNDP Indonesia Gender Equality Strategy and Action Plan 2017-2020 articulates our commitment to advancing equality between men and women through our programs/projects and corporate policy. Gender mainstreaming is used as a methodological tool for project designs, implementation, and evaluation. UNDP Indonesia uses corporate tools and platforms such as Gender Markers, Quality Assurance, PMD, and ROAR to monitor gender work and its results. In partnership, UNDP Indonesia is working with various stakeholders including inter-agency collaborations, and international partners. In line with the entry points of gender mainstreaming of the UNDP Corporate Strategy on Gender, Indonesia is addressing gender equality in four interrelated outcomes of country programming:
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Empowering women to have more adequate standard of living and decent, sustainable employment and income. UNDP Indonesia recognizes the need for more inclusive and sustainable growth development and opportunities for women, to eradicate the barriers that are preventing women from improving their welfare.
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Supports greater participation of women in the sustainable management of natural resources. UNDP Indonesia promotes gender inclusivity and a responsive green economy through sustainable forest management, energy consumption, etc. UNDP Indonesia also supports the government in building gender-sensitive disaster management responses.
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Work with local service providers to ensure the rights of women are protected without stigma or discrimination. In addition, efforts will be made so that basic health services are endorsed to have reasonable prices for men and women.
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Strengthen access to justice and more responsive and accountable public institutions to increase the benefits. Women of poor and vulnerable groups are target beneficiaries of our works in this regard.
Gold Gender Seal Office Commitment
UNDP Indonesia made efforts to institutionalize gender mainstreaming in its programming and operations, where the office became the first Country Office in the region to be awarded a Gold Certificate for the UNDP Gender Equality Seal in October 2020. The award was then formalized in January 2021. This marked the position of the Indonesia Country Office as the leader in advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment. The Gold certificate will expire by 2025 and the country office needs to retain its Gold Certification by reassessments.
UNDP Indonesia is maintaining its commitment to the golden standards for the Gender Seal in 2025. To ensure the right direction, the country office taps into the opportunity to have guidance on program improvement and pipeline development for gender-focused initiatives in the country.
