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This study examines the forms of abuse and neglect experienced by children living in orphanages in East Java Province, efforts by children in orphanages to deal with the acts of abuse experienced, and the role of the orphanage or the Child Social Welfare Institution (LKSA) in providing protection and fulfillment of the rights of abandoned children. The research was conducted in five cities namely Surabaya, Malang, Nganjuk, Madiun, and Probolinggo. The number of respondents in each district/city as many as 100 children, in addition to in-depth interviews were conducted on 2–3…
This report examines current policy framework and practices in five countries, namely Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and the Republic of Nauru. The research is the result of extensive desk-based research, stakeholder consultations in South East Asia and interviews with child asylum seekers and refugees. The research documents current practices in detention of child asylum seekers and refugees, the conditions of detention and the impact of detention on children. It also explores available alternatives to detention in these countries and emerging…
This report is a case study of alternative child care in Indonesia. The fieldwork for this report took place between 5 September and 14 September 2016. Seventy-three people were consulted through 21 interviews. In 2006, Research was conducted that found that with an estimate of 8,000 institutional facilities servicing 500,000 children, Indonesia was overly reliant on institutional care. Poverty and hope for a better education are the primary reasons children are placed in care.
Citing research from MoSA and Save the Children, this report identifies the following key areas…
This report presents analysis and key findings from a study aimed at fully understanding the situations of children in Indonesia that may lead to family separation. The report covers those children who are sent to childcare institutions as well as those living in non-institutional arrangements. The report assesses the living situations of these children and of those facing vulnerabilities within family care. The study is also intended to contribute to a broader understanding of child protection and existing social assistance programs in Indonesia for improved policy and program development…
While many migrants and asylum-seeking children may try to reach Australia, they often spend months or years caught in Indonesia. This report focuses on the thousands of children—accompanied and unaccompanied—who enter Indonesia every year, and it documents the abusive conditions and interminable waits children face during the months and years they spend in limbo in Indonesia. Each year, a growing number of asylum seekers—primarily from Afghanistan, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Burma— enter Indonesia in search of safer lives. At the end of February 2013, there were 9,226…
Following the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami and earthquake that struck the province of Aceh in Indonesia in December 2004, Save the Children complemented its emergency response with the placement of two advisors in the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs (KEMENSOS) to support the Government in reviewing the effectiveness of the national child protection system, in both emergency and non-emergency contexts. Indonesia’s child protection system was found to rely almost exclusively on residential care interventions and, although these institutions received the bulk of government funding for…
This video by Save the Children highlights key research findings from an assessment on the quality of care in children's homes in Indonesia (2007), jointly published with the Indonesian Ministry of Social Affairs and UNICEF.
There are an estimated 7000 childcare institutions across Indonesia caring for up to half a million children. The Indonesian government itself owns and runs only a handful of those institutions, less than 40. The vast majority of these institutions were set up privately, particularly by faith based organisations. While many receive some financial support from the government, most do not come under any type of supervision or monitoring. In fact, the government does not have any data about institutions that do not receive its financial subsidy and it only has very limited data on those that do…
The Government of Indonesia took an essential step in the aftermath of this disaster by adopting the Policy on Separated, Unaccompanied and Single-parent Children affected by Emergency Situations (2005) which clearly stated that “every effort must be undertaken so as to ensure that children are able to stay with their families and communities.” By recognising the fundamental importance of families to the care and protection of children, it emphasised that the placement in institutions should be a last resort and that a range of support should be given to single parents or extended families…
In this episode of “Crossing Continents” from BBC Radio 4, Ed Butler reports on a cycle of abuse in the orphanages of Bali, Indonesia. According to the radio episode, there are about seventy orphanages on the Indonesian island of Bali, housing thousands of children. Many of these children have been recruited from poor families, on the promise of decent food, education, and healthcare. However, in many instances, these orphanages are turned into money-making operations and the children are not provided with the services promised. Instead, orphanage owners may abuse and exploit the children,…