Masyarakat, Kebudayaan dan Politik
ISSN Lama 0216-2407, Baru 2086-7050
Vol. 26 / No. 2 / Published : 2013-04
Order : 1, and page :65 - 79
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Original Article :
Akses dan informasi bagi perempuan penyandang disabilitas dalam pelayanan kesehatan reproduksi dan seksualitas
Author :
- Tri Joko Sri Haryono*1
- Sri Endah Kinasih*2
- Siti Mas’udah*3
- Dosen Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik
- Dosen Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik
- Dosen Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik
Abstract :
The issue of women with disabilities is still rarely studied and published in the community, especially regarding to the issues of sexual violence for women with disabilities. This study provides a recommendation for both central and local governments (especially in East Java) to accomodate reproductive health services for women with disabilities. Since The Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities through the Law no.19 in 2011, the government had not taken any action at all. Therefore, it was necessary to establish a more implementative model policy for the community.The purpose of this research acted as a reference to make an effective, efficient, and right-on-target reproductive health policy. The recommendation made in this study was expected to be a reference for various parties, including the government, in order to design a more concrete and proactive steps to overcome reproductive health issue for women with disabilities in Indonesia, and also to build strategies which unite communities with different backgrounds. In order to obtain empirical data and information, this study used descriptive research with qualitative approach. Several steps taken were (1) determining the location of the study purposively in 33 sub-districts of Malang regency: in clinic, health, education, and social department, boarding school, Bhakti Luhur, P2TP2A, and local NGOs. Malang regency was chosen because (a) it was the only city which starts concerning sexuality and reproductive health of women with disabilities issues; (b) The sex ratio in 2010 was around 98,78%, which meant that the number of females was significantly larger than males. As seen from the population density of 33 sub-districts of Malang, the majority of women had high density above 2000/km². It implied that poverty was mostly suffered by women; (c) the number of reproductive health issues for women with disabilities was quite a lot, because it was regarded as a taboo. (2) Data Collection: observation, indepth interview, and FGD. The result of this study indicated that there were still a lot of women with disabilities who did not understand about taking care of their reproductive organs, and thus impacting their health. The control over their reproductive organs was still low, which makes many of them suffered from sexual violences that lead to unwanted pregnancies. Some cases found during the study showed that women with disabilities who became sexual violence victims did not get proper justice, because their statements were not legally accepted, and it was also reinforced by the communities’ stigma which called person with mental disabilities as a psycho.
Keyword :
Model policies, poverty, reproductive health services, ., .,
References :
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