- 2009–2011: Ending Violence Against Women and Children, Indonesia

Millions of Indonesian women and children are victims of violence. Many live in silence.  They are not easily identified and well cared for by the current systems.  Uplift International worked in the health and legal sectors in Jakarta, Indonesia to create a model of improved health and legal services for victims of violence by training professionals to care for women and children who have been exposed to violence.

Uplift International implemented a pilot project in response to the problem of violence against women, young adults, adolescents and children in two districts of Jakarta.  Building on existing programs and relationships with health sector professionals in the five city districts of Jakarta, we developed a multidisciplinary, comprehensive approach to the problem.  The goal of the health component was to create a model system that respected the women and child victims of violence and improved early diagnosis, appropriate treatment, referral, protection, documentation and reporting of the violence. Leveraging the health component, we also developed a complementary program in the legal sector.