Despite its stated commitment to supporting the UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA) reproductive health programs, the government is making little effort to promote young people’s access to quality sexual and reproductive health services.



Nisrina Nadhifah Rahman, a member of the UNFPA’s Youth Advisory Panel, said the government had made little progress in protecting and promoting young people’s rights to control their sexuality, free from violence, discrimination and coercion.



“Its [government] obligations are still far from being realized,” she told The Jakarta Post recently



Citing examples, she said 25 percent of, or about 7 million, adult women in Indonesia have visited clinics, including illegal ones, for abortions.



Subsequently suffering from various complications after unsafe abortions, 42,000 of them died, according to a 2008 survey by the Indones...