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September 2016

JOIN HANDS FOR CLIMATE JUSTICE

The Paris Agreement is about finding a common solution to reduce and prevent climate change impacts that have dramatically altered our planet.

El Nino and severe flooding are but a few phenomena that have resulted in shortage of clean water, delays in harvests, drastic hikes in food process and put our homes and our soil at risk. We need change, now.

LET’S REMEMBER TOGETHER. LET’S SAFEGUARD TOGETHER. Nearly 30 million people in Indonesia live in poverty, which also means that there is a higher risk of famine due to fluctuations in the food process as a result of climate change. We need the support of policy makers to create policies that address the needs of people whose lives and livelihoods are potentially affected by climate change.

LET’S REALIZE INCLUSIVE WATER MANAGEMENT FOR THE WELFARE OF ALL

*Photo: Lara McKinley/Oxfam Australia

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All projects implemented by Oxfam in Indonesia and its partners are conducted in collaboration with Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

DISCLAIMER: All views contained in this publication are not official views of the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS September 2016

FROM THE DIRECTOR Dear Readers, Here we go again. This is the second edition of TANGGUH in the year 2016.

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This edition talks about how Oxfam in Indonesia encourages us all to reflect upon the relationship of reproductive health and gender power in commemoration of International Women’s Day in March. Also, there are stories from the Gender Justice Program of West Nusa Tenggara. In addition, stories and quotes from community members assisted through the Resilience to Disaster Program, which was implemented in several regions in Indonesia, are also presented in this edition.

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REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH AND GENDER POWER RELATIONS

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BEYOND THE DISASTER RISK REDUCTION PROJECTS

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THE CHANGES WE ARE SEEING

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SOCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT PRACTICE

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LEADING WITHOUT FEAR

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THE REPENTED DREAM CRUSHER

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OXFAM CAMPAIGN AFTER COP IN PARIS

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THE PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS

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INNOVATION LAB

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Supervisor

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Budi Kuncoro

Person in Charge

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Aloysius Suratin

Editors

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Cici Riesmasari, Irwan Firdaus

Contributors

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Andi Cipta Asmawaty, Aloysius Suratin, Cecilia Novarina, Yenny Wijaya.

Translator

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Vina Titaley

Proofreader

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Ilham Nugraha

The TANGGUH bulletin is published three times a year. This document is available in electonic version and hard copy using recycled paper in limited amounts. Each edition is available in Indonesian and English.

Question, more information, critiques, inputs, or stories can be addressed to comms_indo@oxfam.org.uk

Another interesting feature of this issue is how we discussed social accountability and sound development practices. This article reminds us about the importance of the four criteria of social accountability in the development process, namely consultation, transparency of information, decisionmaking and a complaints and feedback mechanism.

More other stories are also highlighted in this edition.

Hopefully, this publication is able to provide a snapshot of Oxfam and its partners as well as become an inspiration to others. We welcome your critiques and suggestions for improvements in the future.

Warm regards!

Budi Kuncoro Country Director

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Internasional Women’s Day 2016

By: Yenny Wijaya

The issue of reproductive rights is part and parcel of the socio-cultural issue regarding gender power relations. Everyone has the right to reproductive health and life that is healthy, safe and free from discrimination, free from coercion and violence— wherever they area: at home, at school, at the workplace, etc. Everyone, especially women, have the right to determine when and how frequently they wish to exercise their reproductive rights in a healthy and safe way. Therefore, it is important that both men and women receive the correct information, education and counselling on reproductive health (based on Law number 36 year 2009).

During an international conference in Beijing in 1995, the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that the gender approach in health issues recognizes the importance of the socio-cultural context and power relationship between men and women that can either support or threaten one’s health condition, including one’s reproductive health.

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When a woman is married young, it is most likely a decision that she did not make herself. Instead, due to her helplessness in the face of societal demands and expectations, this decision is often made by the men in her family—her father or other male figures in the family. Getting married and having sex at a very young age can create problems to a woman’s body anatomy and is detrimental to their reproductive health.

For this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, Oxfam in Indonesia hosted an afternoon talk on March 7th. The talk was held at the Oxfam office and featured two women speakers, Dr. Phil Dewi Chandraningrum, the editor of Jurnal Perempuan (Women’s Journal), and Atashendartini Habsjah, MA, a public health researcher and board member of the Indonesian Family Planning Association {Perkumpulan Keluarga Berencana Indonesia /PKBI).

In addition to Oxfam staff members, other partner organizations and international NGOs as well as a number of journalists attended the talk.

The goals of this afternoon event was to understand women’s anatomy and reproductive functions and its relationship with gender power relations in the context of traditional, modern and post-modern social development. It also aimed to help attendees understand the facts and myths of human anatomy, understand socio-cultural phenomena such as early marriage and casual relationships that affect

Atashendartini Habsjah, MA

Reproductive health is a state of well-being that includes not only being free of sexual diseases or deficiencies related to one’s reproductive organs, functions, processes and systems, but moreover a state of overall physical, mental and social wellness.

Definition of sexual health: the ability to achieve physical, mental and social well-being sexually.

Sexuality encapsulates one’s sexual expression and experience, which are influenced by their sexual identity, gender identity, sexual orientation, eroticism, attitudes and values, behaviors and practices, and emotional state towards the reproductive process.

reproductive health. Finally, the talk also aimed to open up a discussion on the relationships between disasters or climate change and reproductive health.

Dr. Phil Dewi Chandraningrum

The Maternal Mortality Rate in Indonesia is quite high due to the lack of reproductive health facilities and access to these facilities.

Between 2010 and 2012, there was a sharp increase in maternal mortality rates, from 220/100,000 to 359/100,000 live births.

This indicates that female adolescents are unprepared to deal with challenges that they face during their reproductive period. It is therefore important for the government to create policies that help provide education on Sexual and Reproductive Health rights, as well as increase and improve reproductive health facilities and access to these facilities for women and female adolescents.

The phenomenon of early marriage has resulted in an increase of pregnancies among young women, whose reproductive organs have not fully developed.

This increases the risk of complications during the pregnancies, which can lead to death. These deaths make up the majority of maternal rates among young mothers according to the Maternal Mortality Rate in Indonesia.

Climate change threatens to exacerbate the double burden that women face.

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By: Cici Riesmasari Sembalun Lawang. One of six villages in Sembalun Sub-district, East Lombok District in West Nusa Tenggara Province. Located at the foot hills of Mount Rinjani – the third highest mountain and the second largest volcano in the country, this village boasts of beautiful landscapes and a temperate climate. Yet, it is also prone to volcanic eruptions, flooding, land-slides and small scale tornadoes.

The interventions Oxfam in Indonesia and its partner, KONSEPSI, began implementing interventions in the area in 2010 up to 2015. KONSEPSI worked to build disaster risk reduction awareness amongst the communities through a number of different activities. These included conducting participatory capacity and vulnerability assessments, holding discussions on making risk maps, establishing a village preparedness team (VPT), and implementing community action plans.

Jupaini, a chilli farmer in Sembalun Lawang Village, selling her chillies to the Syariah VPT Cooperative.

During all of these project interventions, members of VPT have matured and grown more knowledgeable. They had previously been farmers with no knowledge about disasters. Today, they were organizing their communities and would always relate their messages with disaster risk reduction.

Community Radio At the end of last year, Oxfam in Indonesia and KONSEPSI visited Sembalun. The community radio that was established during a previous project was still running well. The radio operators, members of the VPT, have continued to broadcast information on crop prices, details on community events, as well as information on disasters. They also regularly broadcast an English language session whenever they have volunteers who can speak English.

Rosyidin is one of these operators. “We continue to deliver messages about disasters to the listeners in between the other information and songs,” he said. “Recognize the hazards; Reduce the risks! That is our message to the people here in Sembalun.

Tahyun Arizal and two other cooperative members weighing Jupaini’s chillies.

last year, the cooperative ran a chilli business, since the climate was good for chilli planting. During the eight month, they were able to increase the cooperative cash up to twenty nine million Rupiah. This cooperative budgeted 2.5% of its cooperative fund for social activities if any disaster hits their village.

“VPT members are not only concerned about disaster risk reduction. And in order to continue our programs in the community, we need this cooperative to help fund our activities run in the future,” said Rawenem, the head of the VPT in Sembalun Lawang.

Syariah VPT Cooperative of Sembalun Lawang Village Why a cooperative? This was the question posed to Tahyun Arizal, the head of VPT Syariah Cooperative. “We realized that KONSEPSI and Oxfam would not be with us forever. So, we established a cooperative in order to be able to fund our activities in the future,” he added. The other reason was that members of the VPT in this village were concerned about middle traders in their village. These middlemen have not given the farmers a fair price on their crops, resulting in a small income and some even became heavily indebted to the middlemen. The VPT wanted for their farmers to get a fair price from selling their products.

The Sembalun Lawang VPT Syariah Cooperative was established in May 2015 with 42 members and Rp 19 million of initial capital.

Members pay Rp 50,000 for the principal deposit and Rp 30,000 for required deposit every month. Between May and December of 4 | OXFAM-TANGGUH-September 2016

Tahyun paying Jupaini for her chillies after they were weighed. *Photos: Ihwana Mustafa/Oxfam in Indonesia

IN THEIR WORDS: MARNIM

Resident of Jenggala

By: Cici Riesmasari

I was curious to know the kinds of changes that had occurred in the communities in which Oxfam programs were implemented. So, on March 22nd, I went to Mataram to attend a learning workshop for a disaster risk reduction program for two days.

During the workshop, I spoke with a number of representatives of those communities, as well as with government representatives and partner organizations. Read on to see what we talked about.

PROGRAM BACKGROUND: Between 2014 and 2016, Oxfam in Indonesia collaborated with its partner organizations to implement the Building Resilience to Disasters in Indonesia program. This program was part of an effort to expand and refine numerous thematic program models in disaster resilience. These included the resilient village model, livelihood resilience, disaster risk reduction (DRR)- based natural resource management, women’s leadership in DRR or resilient women, resilient micro- and medium-sized enterprises, and resilient cities.

These thematic models were implemented in five districts and cities, namely: Flores District (East Nusa Tenggara), East Lombok District and North Lombok District (West Nusa Tenggara), Bima City (West Nusa Tenggara), and Magelang District (Central Java).

*Photos: Doc. Oxfam in Indonesia

“This group, which was started by the wives of plantation workers, is now entering its sixth year.

Initially, we started out with only 1 kg of coffee beans to start our enterprise. Most of the women were illiterate. Although only three of them in our group were able to read and write, it did not lessen the group’s enthusiasm to work together. We diligently planted the coffee for about two to three years until we started to make some money. We put that money back into a savings and loaning account, and now we have a petty cash of Rp 60 million—all from just 1 kilogram of coffee beans! We now have a co-op and due to our success, a number of government offices have begun to pay more attention to us.”

DAVID SANGA

Resident of Pajinan village, Larantuka district “We had a serious water problem. In the dry season, there wasn’t enough water, but in the rainy season, we had too much water and got flooded. Oxfam helped us dig trenches to channel the water, because all this time we were just letting all the water flow back into the sea.

Now, in addition to channeling the flood water into the sea, it is also channeled into a 6-meter permanent reservoir. During the dry season, the villagers usually grow cashews, coconuts and bananas. I have a little well to irrigate my vegetable plot. This plot has been very helpful for my household, because I’m able to make a little income every day.”

YASNI

Resident of Agam district “I used to sell cassava chips by placing them in food stalls and selling them around the village. But it was not enough to meet my family’s needs. Then, Jemari Sakato came and provided some guidance and support for the community. As a result, I have been able to better meet my family’s needs and I saw an increase in my business profits. I was able to pay for my children’s school fees, purchase household needs, put some into savings, and even start to raise some chicken.”

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*Photos: Eka Nickmatulhuda for Oxfam in Indonesia

By: Aloysius Suratin

There are two true outcomes of development efforts carried out by different civil society actors and the government that aim to empower communities: they either find solutions or perpetuate exploration.

From a managerial perspective, finding solutions and perpetual exploration are value-free.

However, this managerial perspective can only exist on a theoretical-conceptual level. On a practical level, this exploration process or finding solutions can never be value-free, because the subjects of development are men, women, children, the elderly, or people with disabilities—all of whom have dignity.

It is in this perspective that social accountability must become an important consideration in community empowerment.

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Oxfam and Social Accountability Social accountability is integrated into Oxfam’s programs implemented in Indonesia by having all team members reflect upon the project cycle and find different aspects that require strengthening.

This will ensure that social accountability is wellintegrated throughout the program, starting from planning to closing. During a four-day workshop, representatives of program teams came together to reflect this very process. The Workshop on Launching a General Approach in Monitoring, Evaluation, and Social Accountability was held on March 25-29, 2016, in Bogor.

Oxfam uses four criteria in meeting accountability minimum standards in its development work:

Consultation Consultation is the first criterion in meeting accountability standards in development work and community empowerment. A good consultation process will result in a development approach that is appropriate and agreed upon by the community. Failure to consult with the community will result in a trial-and-error approach to development, due to the community’s preference not being taken into account. Therefore, at Oxfam, we ensure that women, men, people with disabilities and other relevant stakeholders are involved in the identification, design, planning, monitoring and evaluation processes.

Openness of Information Community members and stakeholders are entitled to know what efforts and initiatives will be employed to solve the problems they face. Therefore, all information regarding approaches, methods and processes that will be implemented with the community and stakeholders must be communicated openly.

The emphasis is not that the information is communicated, but rather the mechanism by which this information is communicated -using methods and approaches that are culturally appropriate.

Complaints and Feedback Decisionmaking Community and stakeholder participation in decision-making is the most important aspect of empowerment. To ensure adequate participation in the decisionmaking process, it is preferable to use a cultural approach.

So what now?

The measurement and assessment of development impacts and results are often dependent upon whose and which perspectives are being used.

By meeting the accountability principles above, development actors—community members and

Community members who become the subjects in a program have the right to make judgements on the types of initiatives and processes that were employed to improve their quality of life and well-being. Without a complaints and feedback mechanism, a development initiative has the potential to become an over-confident one, because it is assumed that the processes in place are already perfect. At Oxfam, we stress the need to have a complaints and feedback mechanism as well as response mechanism.

relevant stakeholders involved in the process—will feel that the processes are not remote from them.

This is the essence of empowerment. Once these practices are in place, development impacts become a matter of time.

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LEADING WITHOUT FEAR:

By: Cecilia Novarina Nuraini of Banjar Sari Village, West Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Barat/NTB) has lived with a disability since she was three years old. However, she is an active advocate for the rights of persons with disabilities (PWD). For several years, she tried—and failed—to get the rights of PWD to be acknowledged and supported by the village government.

Then, in 2004, Nuraini joined the Women Coalition for Justice and Democracy (Koalisi Perempuan Indonesia/KPI) and subsequently formed the Banjar Kemuning Women’s Group in her village. Since 2012, Oxfam has been supporting 155 women’s groups in East and West Nusa Tenggara through the KPI, including this one. The Banjar Kemuning Women’s Group, however, is unique—about 40 percent of its members are persons with disabilities.

Through the women’s group’s collective effort, Nuraini’s fight for the rights of PWD have become increasingly effective. With the village government’s acknowledgement of this group, the Banjar Kemuning women’s group has been able to access various support services that had previously not been accessible to them. One such service is funding support from the National Retirement Savings Bank (Bank Tabungan Pensiunan Nasional/BTPN) to support their cooperatives, which also serves as a savings and loan mechanism for its members.

Being a member of KPI also allowed Nuraini and other members of Banjar Kemuning women’s group to participate in various capacity building activities aimed to strengthen their leadership qualities. Further, the women’s group has enabled them to share their knowledge and skills with each other. “Every time I come to a capacity 8 | OXFAM-TANGGUH-September 2016

building event, I would share my knowledge with my fellow group members,” said Nuraini proudly.

Nuraini also added that within KPI, persons with disabilities receive the same treatment and opportunities as the other members. “What I like the most about being a member of KPI is the sense of togetherness. We are never discriminated against, even when we are talking and influencing national-level government officials,” she said. That is why Nuraini and other members of Banjar Kemuning Women’s Group are rarely ashamed or afraid of participating in these social events, which in turn, enables them to voice their minds more freely.

According to Nuraini, it is very important that women with disabilities are morally supported, as sometimes the struggle to claim their rights can be tiring. In the Indonesian culture, women are often disempowered and thus unable to participate in decision making processes that affect their lives. By organizing in groups, women form a collective power that enables them to have a stronger voice in addressing women-specific issues surrounding their lives. This is especially true for women with disabilities who face double discrimination for being a woman and for having a disability.

Whenever she encounters other women with a disability who have not yet joined KPI, Nuraini would talk to them about the perks of being member in a women’s group.

“They usually join our women’s group when they hear about the advantages.”

*Photo: Cecilia Novarina/Oxfam in Indonesia

By: Cecilia Novarina Rizal, a 29-year-old freelance cameraman from Kekait Village, more familiarly known as Cheper, married his wife when she was 17 years old. “At that time, she was still in 11th grade,” he reminisced.

He has recently been named as one of the champions and campaigner to increase the marital age in his sub-village in West Nusa Tenggara. In this role, he plans to persuade the village government, parents and men in general to take part in protecting women and girls from violence, especially those that occur in early marriages.

His activism is rooted in a crucial moment in his life— marked by deep sadness—when he realized that by marrying him, he had taken away the opportunity for his wife, a bright young woman, to fulfil her full potential. As stated in his own words: “I realized that I crushed her dreams.

Knowing that now, I would surely not have done it.”

Cheper is now more supportive of his wife by creating spaces that enables her to take steps in making her dream come true. “My wife told me that she wanted to become a writer,” he said proudly. He is also committed to help his wife go back to school and finish her education.

In order to eradicate Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG), it is not enough to empower women and girls.

Effective engagement of men, as potential perpetrators of violence, is also key. This is why the transformation of people like Cheper, from perpetrator to active advocate is very important to influence men around him. Oxfam supports “The Champion Post”, a campaign to increase the age of marriage, which was established by the Yayasan Tunas Alam Indonesia (SANTAI) in 2013.

*Photo: Cecilia Novarina/Oxfam in Indonesia

Letter from the reader Good afternoon, My name is Wihdatul Az-zauziyah Sa’adah, and I am from Tirta Cipta Mandiri. I am starting a new business in water purification using ceramic water filter technology.

We would like to introduce to you the Ceramic Water Filter, which can filter well water and piped water, leaving you will bacteria-free clean water.

If you are interested, we would like to demonstrate our product and collaborate with Oxfam Indonesia.

Please find attached a document on the product knowledge for your reference.

Thank you for your attention and consideration.

Regards, Wihdatul A-zauziyah Sa’adah

Ms. Wihdatul, Thank you for your email.

Oxfam in Indonesia had previously used ceramic water filters in disaster response efforts. However, based on our learning, the handling of these filters proved to be difficult, and a water quality test on the filters were unable to meet the standard minimum of zero E. coli/100 ml of water.

Thank you for the offer.

Regards, Oxfam Communications

Please send your question with your complete details: name, age, sex, address as well as phone number to our communication: comms_indo@oxfam.org.uk For those whose question published, we will send a souvenier to her/him.

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Oxfam Campaigns After

COP in Paris

Oxfam in Indonesia has once again participated in the Indonesia Climate Change Education and Forum for the sixth time. This year, the main message of the expo is #AfterParis. The expo, held on April 14-17, 2016, was an opportunity for Oxfam to do offline campaigning to inform young people about the Paris Agreement.

Many of the attendees stopped to visit Oxfam’s booth during the expo, which saw 1,749 visitors until the last day. At the booth, attendees received information about the Paris Agreement, which was displayed on 12 poster panels and brochures. The language for each of these communication materials was simplified to create messages and information bits that were accessible and attractive to young people— the main target audience of this campaign.

What is the Paris Agreement about? It discusses the global target of under 2°, adaptation funds, and the loss and damages mechanism. It also encourages us to understand that it is not possible to reach the under 2° target without changing to a greener lifestyle and reducing carbon emissions. Of the 1,749 attendees who visited the Oxfam booth, 1,374 of them signed a petition sponsored by Oxfam. In addition to the booth, Oxfam also hosted a number of other activities during the four-day expo, such as We Grow!, a campaign to Empower Young People in Sustainable Urban Farming. Oxfam also launched its new brochures featuring the 5 main takeaways from the Paris Agreement, which was carried out through collaboration with representatives of the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) and the Indonesia Youth Team on Climate Change, both of whom were invited to talk at the Oxfam booth. They talked about the Paris Agreement and discussed ways in which young people could take an active role to support it. Finally, Oxfam also sponsored a canvas bag painting contest that drew 67 high school students and resulted in four winners with the following titles: 1) #SAVEWATER, not easy to find water today, 2) #SAVERIAU, stop burning our forest, 3) Earth on griddle, and 4) Our Village.

Oxfam wishes to thank partners of Oxfam in Indonesia for their support in implementing this campaign. Thank you to Widya Hasian from the People’s Coalition for Food Sovereignty (Koalisi Rakyat untuk Kedaulatan Pangan/KRKP), who helped facilitate and create interesting discussions. Thanks also goes to Ida Pardosi from the Prosperous Village Alliance (Aliansi Desa Sejahtera), who helped organize the discussion on Digital Youth Innovator for Climate and invited four inspiring speakers for the event (see the video on the discussion here: http://bit. ly/21NGsNW). (irw) *Photo: Andi Cipta/Oxfam in Indonesia

WATER FOR ALL

Oxfam in Indonesia Supports the Rights to Clean Water for Everyone

*Graphics by: Andi Cipta/Oxfam in Indonesia

Oxfam in Indonesia supports the community’s rights to access

which thus far has garnered 516 signatures. The Water Jam event

clean water. Forty percent of Jakarta residents currently do not

was possible thanks to the hard work of Andi Cipta, a campaign

have access to clean water. Therefore, in celebrating World Water

staff of the Economic Justice division at Oxfam in Indonesia.

Day on March 22nd, Oxfam hosted an early morning aerobics event

During this campaign, Andi featured #AirMilikRakyat #Airada-

at the Bung Karno Athletics Stadium, promoting the Rights over

lahHAM #INDONESIABEBASKEKERINGAN #INDONESIABEBASBANJIR

Water campaign.

#AirUntukSemua.

This aerobics event, called Water Jam, was attended by roughly

The focus of this campaign was to ensure that everyone has rights

300 participants, who danced and moved to the music. Additionally,

to clean water. “We should work together to create a fair and equi-

over 500 citizens, many among them young people, signed an on-

table governance of water,” said Andi. Hundreds of the attendees

line petition entitled “Realizing Inclusive Water Governance for the

were seen reading the various facts on water and pledging their

Common Good”, which served to support the rights to clean water

support for widespread access to clean water. Some of them

campaign. This petition can be accessed at http://bit.ly/1P7QiBr,

received Oxfam tumblers as giveaways. (irw)

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The PEOPLE WHO FIGHT FOR VIOLENCE against women and girls By: Cici Riesmasari

A paralegal from LBH APIK Makassar, a partner of Oxfam in Indonesia, using her sign post “We Against Violence” to protest the occurrence of violence. Mrs. Surya, who has a home industry convection, is a paralegal who helps victims of domestic violence, provide child protection and provide recommendations on how to improve the household economy. Many members of the paralegal community have been quite successful in setting up home businesses by making food products, such as frozen fish nuggets and snacks.

*Photo: Yusuf Ahmad for Oxfam in Indonesia

*Photo: Yusuf Ahmad for Oxfam in Indonesia

Mrs. Ramlah is a cadre with Solidaritas Perempuan, a partner organization of Oxfam in Makassar. She works diligently with women in her community, the majority of whom are former female migrant workers. Many women in her community have opted to work abroad as migrant workers, oftentimes through informal channels, which makes them vulnerable to abuse in their work place. Mrs. Ramlah and other female cadres have been encouraging these women to start a home business by making and selling snack foods. Her husband is supportive of her work and efforts. “I told my friends that they should let my wife know if they hear of any incidences of domestic violence or violence towards migrant workers,” stated Mrs. Ramlah’s husband.

Members of the Citra Patri Paralegal group, supported

by LBH APIK Makassar and Oxfam in Indonesia, displaying their paralegal membership cards. They use this card when they work in the community to help domestic violence survivors. Some of the paralegals were themselves survivors of domestic violence. They decided they would become paralegals when LBH APIK Makassar began providing assistance. They hope that they will be able to help other women escape from domestic violence.

*Photo: Yusuf Ahmad for Oxfam in Indonesia

Rosnani H. Machmud is a member of the Tangguh paralegal group in Makassar. This group has been receiving assistance from LBH APIK, a partner organization of Oxfam in Indonesia, working in the Gender Justice program. Rosnani is listening to a woman in the community tell her about the violence she experienced in her home. Paralegals like Rosnani hold monthly meetings at the community posts to discuss problems and find solutions.

*Photo: Yusuf Ahmad for Oxfam in Indonesia

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INNOVATION LAB:

Contextualizing Innovation with Civil Society in Indonesia By: Aloysius Suratin

Innovation has become a buzzword in various debates across different organizations and media outlets. In the virtual world, the word “innovation” was the most searched word in March 2016, surpassing the readers interests in February 2015. In Asia, Singapore is the top country that has excelled in innovation, closely followed by South Korea.

Other countries that have excelled in innovation are France, Australia, Canada, Britain, and the United States. Which fields are typically associated with innovation?

Innovation seems to be closely associated with modernization in the technology and business fields. The question is, where does Indonesia stand in terms of innovation?

Where does the development sector and community empowerment work in Indonesia stand?

INNOVATION LAB Recognizing the importance of innovation and the many measures required to make innovation an integral approach in development and community empowerment work, Oxfam held an eight-day workshop in Bali with members of the civil society consortium from West Nusa Tenggara, East Nusa Tenggara, and South Sulawesi. Held in Bali between January 25th and February 1st, 2016, Oxfam featured the theme of “Integrating Innovation in Partner Program Design”, focusing the sessions on introducing the spirit of innovation in community empowerment and development work.

The workshop was also the realization of one of Oxfam in Indonesia’s strategy to integrate innovation in program design through empowering civil society organizations. The aim was to inject an innovation perspective in designing and planning programs.

INNOVATION AS A PROCESS, NOT THE END RESULT The workshop started off by deconstructing the participants’ perspectives on innovation and program design. One perspective that has prevented an organization or community group to create innovative work is thinking of innovation as noun. Development practitioners are often trapped in seeing innovation as only being innovative products and fail to realize that the product itself was a result of an innovative thinking process.

During the Innovation Lab workshop, the facilitator invited participants to formulate a problem, design an idea prototype, and then translate that prototype into a logical sequence that would inform a logframe, budget, and monitoring and evaluation plan.

OUTPUTS After several exercises in applying an innovative approach in program design, the three consortia produced three program designs as illustrated below: 12 | OXFAM-TANGGUH-September 2016

COMMODITY PORTFOLIO

TREE BANK

COMMUNITY FOREST INDUSTRY

WATER GOVERNANCE

INTEGRATED LIVESTOCK RAISING

A decisionmaking model in farming households to produce horticulture products according to climate variability and market demand.

A model to strengthen engagement among local institutions to support community initiatives in forest conservation and economic development.

An initiative to improve access to the Community Forest Management Unit market through the Timber Legality Verification system.

Integrating the irrigation efficiency management method in improving agriculture production in poor farming households.

Synchronizing the types of available livestock with market demand to reduce dependence on externally sourced livestock.

Optimizing water intake in improving farming productivity in North Lombok.

Modeling of diversification and access to livestock markets for poor households in Sumba.

INNOVATION:

A practical method in translating climate change parameters through horticulture techniques in Sumba island.

A practical method to solve the lack of collateral, which has traditionally prevented families in Sumba Island from accessing financial facilities.

Integrating the Timber Legality Verification system to improve the competitiveness of communal forest production in East Luwu.

CLOSING This is but a small step in planting the seed of innovation in community empowerment and fighting poverty efforts in Indonesia. Oxfam believes that these small steps will lead to significant changes in the next three to five years that will bolster the contributions of civil society in Indonesia in promoting a more impactful and effective development.

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COLLABORATION OF ALL PARTIES Despite its limitations, the Paris Agreement provides us with several tools that we can use towards achieving a great transition, as well as ensuring that this transition occurs in a timely and equitable way.

This transition can only happen with the engagement and collaboration between the government, the private sector and citizens.

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