National Guidelines in Indonesia - The State Minister for the Empowerment of Women

Manual of Implementation Guidelines on Gender Mainstreaming in National Development 2002

The State Minister for the Empowerment of Women issued a Manual of Implementation Guidelines on Gender Mainstreaming in National Development in 2002. The manual defines "gender mainstreaming" as a strategy to achieve gender equality through the integration of male and female experiences, aspirations, needs, and issues in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies, programmes, projects, and activities in various life and development fields. The objectives of the manual are to give directions for governmental bodies in implementing the Presidential Instruction concerning Gender Mainstreaming in National Development. The manual discusses gender mainstreaming in development planning, development implementation, monitoring and evaluation.

National Development Masterplan for Women's Empowerment (RIPNAS) 2000-2004

The State Minister of the Empowerment of Women also created the 2000-2004 National Development Masterplan for Women's Empowerment. In order to make concrete the gender equality and gender equity in the livelihood of the family, society, nation and State, the Mission of Women Empowerment covers:

"Improving the life quality of women in any strategic sectors; rising the socialization of gender equality and gender equity; eliminating any form of violence against women; enforcement of Human Rights for women; and empowering and increasing the independence of women institutions and organizations."

In order to achieve these objectives, the Minister's policies are as follows:

1. "One Door Policy" is a temporary policy to perform gender mainstreaming in every sector of development;
2. Raising the quality of women human resources, particularly with respect to education, training, health, politics, law, and economy;
3. Law reform and legal development;
4. Elimination of violence against women;
5. Implementing women's human rights;
6. Directing State institutions on women empowerment;
7. Extend the roles and independence of women's organizations; and
8. Increased participation in society by women.