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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
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 Instruction Number 9 the Year 2000) is preserved in the National Long-term Development Plan (RPJPN) 2005-2025 and the final bill of RPJPN 2025-2045 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 Sexual Violence Crime in 2022. Recently, UNDP Indonesia worked with the government to prevent Gender Based Violence (GBV)/Violence Against Women (VAW) through piloting the development of hospital-based and movable containers for integrated services for GBV survivors, in addition to additional SOPs for GBV services in the context of COVID-19 pandemic in targeted areas where incidents of GBV were raising.
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 environmental crimes-handling, and promoting gender equality in economic empowerment.
Our Work
UNDP Indonesia Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Strategy and Action Plan 2021-2025 articulates our commitment to advancing equality between men and women and other marginalised groups through our programs/projects and corporate policy. Gender mainstreaming is applied 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.
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Inclusive Human Development. Gender and social inclusion are manifested in the theory of change for this outcome as it requires people living in Indonesia, especially those at risk of being left behind, to have access to quality services, be protected from violence, and be provided with opportunities regardless of gender, disability or any other factor to make progress towards developing the human capital needed for an equitable and prosperous society. To translate the theory into practice, UNDP will integrate the GESI dimension by emphasizing women’s initiatives and their role in promoting peace and tolerance narratives; ensuring equal access to women, people with disabilities, and people living in remote areas to participate in the e-governance-based citizens’ feedback mechanisms; investing in multi-sectoral, integrated approaches to prevent and respond to sexual exploitation and abuse and gender-based violence; and upholding women’s legal rights and equal access to justice and other public services.
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Resilience to climate change and disasters. The underlying theory of change for this outcome involves the effective use of resilience-building systems as well as policies and institutions that address environmental concerns and reduce the impact of geological and climate-induced disasters. To implement this, UNDP will contribute to national and local disaster preparedness, focusing on people with disabilities and women. In partnership with the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the National Disaster Agency, UNDP will also work to ensure an effective humanitarian-development transition by focusing on strengthening the capacity of disaster authorities and the public, through gender-responsive disaster management.
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Economic transformation. Women’s empowerment and inclusion of marginalized groups are reflected in this outcome area as the theory of change requires women to have equal access to economic opportunities and the inclusion of people living with disabilities, HIV, and people living in underdeveloped regions in capacitating small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to generate livelihoods to accelerate economic transformation for low-carbon, sustainable and inclusive growth. In practice, women’s empowerment is integrated into UNDP’s development work such as targeted initiatives and incentives for women and girls in skills development training systems; strengthening women-owned/led MSMEs through policy analysis, regulatory framework, access to financing, and entrepreneurship skills development in Eastern Indonesia. In addition, social inclusion will be applied through inclusive energy transition targeting deprived communities and improving energy sources, such as solar and micro-hydro power plants with a focus on the poorest parts of the country.
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Innovations for accelerating the achievement of SDGs. This outcome area envisions innovative processes, partnerships, and more investments for enabling inclusive and sustainable growth paradigms. By working together with the other UN entities, UNDP seeks to facilitate the integration of gender considerations into the national financing framework to accomplish the 2030 Agenda for SDGs.
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.
