Big Challenges: Development of Women and Children in Indonesia

Advancement of Women and Children that are part of the driving quality development in a country. Behind the process of improvement and progress there is a challenge, it focuses on how to effectively reach and empower women and girls to improve their kills, economic and gender equality, and others. The efforts strategies necessary for development can contribute much more can be done by women. As the ideology of Pancasila of (Bhineka Tunggal Ika), the entire community can run these values, so there isn’t deviation from the ideals set forth in the constitution.
Indonesia challenges in the process of government and life looks very heavy, can not be denied how Indonesian women and children in the future can be better society in the fulfillment of rights in all aspects. Female development is inseparable from the challenges in face of various phenomena / aspects of development in Indonesia. Gender inequality and marginalization of the needs, the role and potential of women and girls is a key factor limiting progress in development outcomes for all women, men, children, and communities. In the process of building support for men is a form of equal partnership in building a quality family and country forward for the new Indonesia in the future.

The issue became an important part as the accountability of State, because through Law No. 7/1984 has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Woman (CEDAW). Seeing the condition of today's society, Indonesia has not fully implemented the International agreement. The issue of women and children both in the area of conflict, political, economic and domestic sectors have shown high rates of seeing the development and advocacy of violence to report cases in Indonesia.

Women in Various Aspects, Economic and Politic
In a society that embraces patriarchal culture, and social prejudices which put women as a responsible party in the domestic affairs have a negative impact on women's economic, political and other aspects. Without direct access to the means of production and other resources, women are the most vulnerable to economic policies.

The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Protection says that as many as 60% of SMEs (Small and Medium Enterprises) in Indonesia are women. In fact, women are not a priority on the policy, the stall development and women, this would pose a threat to women in Indonesia. With competition local workforce with ASEAN countries through free trade in the Asia Pacific region and the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015. How readiness of national industry large and small (household and industrial SMEs), which have involved women. Besides, one of the world efforts to reduce poverty is done through an agreement MDG (Millennium Development Goals) to reduce poverty and empowerment of women is one of the pointers requirements that must be executed by the Government in encouraging women can improve its quality in Human Resources in order to keep up and out of the issue.

Rating and value of HDI (Human Development Index) Indonesia is still below the world average and below the four countries in the ASEAN region (Singapore, Brunei, Malaysia, and Thailand). Indonesia was ranked 108 of 187 countries in 2013, or unchanged from 2012. According to the survey Global McKensy, Indonesia will become the seventh largest economic power in the world by 2035, even beating England. Whether this can be achieved, if the quality of human resources have not been fully professional competitiveness and excellence.

In further support of women in 1995 on Conference in Beijing and produce BPFA (Beijing Platform For Action) with 12 fields, namely: Women and Poverty; Education and Training for Women; Women and Health; Violence against Women; Women in Armed Conflict; Women and the Economy; Women in Power and Decision Making; Institutional Mechanisms for the Advancement of Women, Women's Rights, Women and Media, Women and the Environment, and Women's Rights. But until 2015, the guarantee of the rule has not been significantly lowered problem against women.
Politically, inequality and underdevelopment of the quality of women, especially in the field of politics as representation of women's representation is still very low and this resulted in poor women's access to policy and gender responsive budgets. The impact that occurs is the neglect of the interests of women as citizens so that the position of women become marginalized. The low representation of women in decision making positions in the legislative, executive and judicial causes many policy produced not gender sensitive, so that women and children are still always in a position vulnerable to violence in various sectors, public spaces and state. In the political sphere, Law 8 in 2012 Election mentions a quota of 30% of women in political seats. Although Indonesia has made the policies of affirmative action, the representation of women in politics still can not be guaranteed in full. In this case, the question of the representation of women in politics, still got a lot of challenges such as the issue of patriarchal culture, lack of capital and networks, the internal problems of the party, and the strong competition of women with men. With a wide range of issues need to review the laws and regulations on the other, to solve and minimize the problems faced by women.

The phenomenon of Indonesian Children Images
According to data and information collected Child Protection Committee that during 2014 received a report at least 21,689,797 cases of violations of Child Rights spread across 34 provinces and 179 districts in the City. 42-58% of the violation of children's rights is a sexual crime, the rest are cases of physical abuse, abandonment, abduction, economic exploitation, trafficking of children for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation and child seizure cases. Problems trafficked children for the purpose of commercial sexual amount is also quite large, most of whom are women. It is important for monitoring and evaluation of the efforts that have been made, both the public and government.

Indonesian government's efforts in order to realize the protection of children in Indonesia long before the ratification of the CRC (Convention on the Rights of the Child) has been initiated which produces products with the laws of such Act. No. 6 of 1974 on the Basic Provisions of the Child Welfare; Act. No. 04 of 1984 on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW); Presidential Decree No. 129 of 1998 on the National Action Plan (NAP Human Rights); Law No.39 of 1999 on the Ratification of ILO Convention No. 138 concerning Minimum Age Children are allowed to work; Law No. 23 of 2002 on Protection of Children; and Law. No. 13 of 2003 on employment.

Convention on the Rights of the Child as part of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) proclaims that children's rights means the rights that can not be separated from human rights. The Convention defines that a child means every human being below the age of eighteen years, then all of the community of nations in the world are required and should recognize and respect the rights of the child as part of the foundation in the fulfillment of basic rights such as the right child's growth, survival , right to protection and participation rights without discrimination of any kind.***