Uplift International

(Jakarta – September 19 -21, 2011) Uplift International conducted a national conference and a two-day workshop in Jakarta, on Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) for Women’s Health. Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB) is the process by which policy is implemented with a gender integrated approach. GRB goes beyond conventional policy analysis to check what money is allocated to implement the policy, whether this money is spent as allocated, whom it reaches, and how/whether it changes the gender patterns in the society. This, of course, relies on gender-relevant data.

Women’s health is directly related to resources available for health services. GRB provides a critical process for analyzing the gaps between policy and reality for women’s health services.

In May and June 2010, Uplift International began the expansion of its School Health and Nutrition Program to over 6,000 students in 26 primary level madrasah (madrasah Ibtidaiyah) and public schools(SD) to help fulfill the right to health for the primary level school children of Indonesia. The schools are located in Jakarta, Semerang, Central Java and Padang Pariaman, West Sumatra. Since 2006, more than 18,000 children in 86 schools in Indonesia have benefited from this program.