Policy Research
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had huge implications for children’s physical, psychological, and social well-being. UNICEF (2021) reported that 80 million Indonesian children were impacted by COVID-19, with more than 25,000 Indonesian children orphaned.
This study explores community-based solutions to the climate crisis while assessing their effectiveness from multiple aspects.
The provision of social assistance during Joko Widodo’s (Jokowi’s) presidency far surpassed that of his predecessor, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. Jokowi not only continued Yudhoyono’s programs but also expanded multifold the number of beneficiaries covered by these programs.
This baseline study assesses existing gaps in mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) integration within the child protection system and identifies opportunities to better protect children in digital environments.
The COVID-19 pandemic emerged in December 2019 and swiftly became a global crisis, heavily impacting Indonesia. The country reported its first COVID-19 case within eight weeks of the outbreak and experienced a peak of over 64,000 daily cases on February 16, 2022, and 2,069 daily deaths on July 27, 2021. By June 2023, Indonesia had over 6.81 million cases and 161,857 deaths.
