The Vice President Calls Women's Entanglement Important In Handling Stunting

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin gave an online speech at the "Ibu Bangsa Movement Declaration for the Acceleration of Stunting Reduction", which was monitored in Jakarta, Friday (24/2/2023). (ANTARA)

JAKARTA - Vice President Ma'ruf Amin emphasized the role of women will greatly determine the success of stunting handling, both through specific interventions and sensitive interventions, where the priority targets include young women, prospective brides, pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, and toddlers. She also appreciates the contribution of the Indonesian Women's Congress (Kowani) in accelerating stunting through the initiation of the National Motherland Movement for the Acceleration of Stunting Reduction. "I appreciate the Indonesian Women's Congress on the initiation of the National Motherland Movement for the Acceleration of Stunting Reduction. This initiative is a reflection of the ongoing struggle of Indonesian women who contribute in all aspects of the nation's life," said the Vice President, quoted by ANTARA, Friday 24 February. Thus expressed by the Vice President of the Republic of Indonesia Ma ruf Amin in his online remarks at the Event Declaration of the National Mother Movement for the Acceleration of Stunting Reduction''. She said based on the 2022 Indonesian Nutrition Status Survey (SSGI), the national stunting prevalence is 21.6 percent. That rate has fallen 2.8 percent from 2021 by 24.4 percent, but stunting handling still requires optimal efforts to achieve the target of 14 percent of 2024, and zero percent by 2030, as is the target of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Beyond stunting issues, he said, the Vice President, Indonesia also still has other homework related to child nutrition problems that must be completed, namely wasting, underweighting, and overweighting, and providing animal protein assistance, as well as feeding for families of beneficients, in particular families of stunting riskes, may also inspire other similar organizations, especially to carry out behavioral campaigns, in order to increase awareness in the scope of families of stunting hazards and other child nutrition problems, as well as efforts to overcome them, "he hoped.

According to the Vice President, community organizations can also play a role, as well as mobilize their resources and networks, to support the promotion of intervention activities to accelerate stunting reduction to grassroots. "At the end of the word, the nation's Motherland Movement to Accelerate Stunting Reduction I hope can not only move all women or mothers, but also all components of the nation, to realize real action towards the ideals of Indonesia Gold 2045," he hoped.