Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues of Diffable People
Many diffable people (different able people; or disabled people; however, they are not disable, but has different ability to do something regularly) in Indonesia cannot receive enough pertinent information concerning reproductive and sexual health issues. Resulting from a discussion held by disabled networks in conjunction with IPPA Yogyakarta it became very evident that there is a real need for disabled person specific reproductive and sexual health information.
In 2000, WHO predicted that the number of disabled members make up for 10% of the global population. In other words, 10% of the world’s population do not have access to needs appropriate information. As we know, the sexuality needs of diffable people were highlighted at the first ICPD, 1994, most specifically in chapter VI, point E. But in fact, many people have the perception that a person with disabilities is asexual, therefore there is no need for education. This stigmatised view has brought about a situation wherein disabled persons know little of or how to assert their reproductive and sexual health rights. In reality, a disabled woman is particularly vulnerable HIV and STI’s transmission and risk of unwanted pregnancy, owing to the fact that regularly their disability makes them victim to sexual violence and sexual abuse. Are diffable people aware of their rights? How can we facilitate access to information about reproductive and sexual health and related issues, concerned with the needs of a variety of differerent disabilities?
