The United
Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution in 2011 to establish October 11
as the international Day of the Girl Child. The term “girl child” is commonly
used abroad to distinguish the unique challenges faced by those under age 18
from those faced by women.
Girl child of
Indonesia faced various challenging in their everyday life. In many big cities
many girls were sold for prostitution industry. ILO estimated 70,000 child girl
were worked for prostitution in java island (2009). Until now valid number of
girls in prostitution in all cities of Indonesia is unavailable. Other issues
concerning girl child include: School drop-out, teen pregnancies, child labors,
HIV-AIDS, trafficking, girls living on the street, etc. The issues that were
faced by girl child needed attention from the state, civil societies, as well
as religious communities.
The Good Shepherd sisters of Indonesia province have been provided services for girl child. In each unit, we provided services for girl who are in need of protection and prevention from gendered based violence, human trafficking, and education lost. Our services include: shelters for teen pregnancies, shelters for trafficking victims, boarding houses for girls, and other educational supports. We also assisted children in grassroots communities and put attention to girl issues. Through these services, we put our stance against all forms of violence faced by women particularly girl child.
In coordination with Good shepherd International Justice and Peace Office (GSIJPO) of New York, The Good Shepherd Services for Women and Children (GSSWC) distributed information and coordinated activities to address the first international day of girls for sisters of Indonesia province. Giving proper information to sisters of seventh communities in our unit, we translated information from the girl day action website that was suggested by GSIJO and distributed the information in Bahasa Indonesia and provided English version information in attachment. We also created optional guideline activities for sisters and girls in communities.
Various activities were done by the good shepherd sisters of Indonesia province in addressing the first international day of girl.
Prayers for girls
Prayer was done by Good
Shepherd Sisters in Jakom, Provincialat, Bogor, Bantul, Yogya, Marau, and
Ruteng community. Guideline prayer was prepared by GSSWC team, but each community
has freedom to creatively run the prayer. The evening prayer intention on 11
October 2012 was for girls in our services and all girls who are in need. In
Batam and Ruteng, Mass was conducted to observe the day of girl. Sisters,
girls, boys, and lay partners attended the mass to celebrate the special day
for girls around the world and to support girls in our services.
Writing Competition
GSSWC conducted writing competition for girls in the good shepherd sisters’ services. Total of 60 pieces of works are written by girls. Only 50 of them are in competition due to the other 10 writing were submitted after the dateline. The competition showed the sister response toward the issue of girl child and they ways in which they motivated girls in their services to participate. Theme of the competition was “GIRLS’ PROBLEMS” with two categories included creative writing and poem. 12 girls were announced as the winners on the 11 October 2012. These girls received gift from GSSWC as the host of competition.
Villa Syalom
“Every girl has potential to change the world” was the theme of day of girl celebration at villa syalom (Shelter for unwed pregnancy in Jakarta) on 11 Oktober 2012. Sisters of Provincialat community and girls in shelter joined in a special prayer for girls. Singing and dancing by all participants was used to open ceremony. Reading from Luke 9:46-48 was used as reflection. Part of reflection, girls in shelter mentioned their finding from news paper articles on girls in marriage, girls in prostitution, and girls in labor. They also spoke about their wishes as girl living in Indonesia. As a form of support to girl in the shelter, sisters of Provincialat community recited a song of saint Mary who is longing to listen the girls’ voices. On 12 October 2012, Sr. Lusi Nur RGS leaded a sharing sesion for girls in shelter. In this session they mentioned what makes a girl valuable and what they want to achieve in five years.
Ruteng
Leaded by Sr. Katrin Padmi RGS, Good shepherd sisters of Ruteng community conducted two activities with 142 girls in their services. On 11 October 2012, the Day of girl was celebrated in SMA 2 Ruteng (a public senior high school in Ruteng managed by government). At least 88 female students attended activities and dialogue on girl topics. Begin with an opening activity where six participants stand in pair and made statue of girl in their imagination, they discussed about what girls like to be, what are incorrect information about girl in public, how is the importance of being educated girls, and what girls can do to help other girls achieving their dream. During discussion session, these girls mentioned that “a girl can be a hero for herself and other girls by showing that she is wise, strong, and smart.” These girls also believed that girl should participate in public because girls have got equal rights with boys. The International Day of Girl celebration at SMA 2 was success because teachers and principal supported the occasion. Prior to the celebration, Sr. Katrin Padmi RGS met the school authority and socialized the day of girl also mentioned the importance of day of girl for female students of Ruteng.
On 14 October 2012, Day of Girl was celebrated in our center. 54 girls of scholarship receivers and their folks attended the celebration. Sr. Katrin Padmi RGS said that she explained what is the International Day of Girl in simple way because the variety of participants. In this activity, girls were discussed about the importance of education because these girls were vulnerable for school drop-out due to economic issue. Mass was conducted as the closing ceremony. Girls, boys, and Good Shepherd sisters of Ruteng community were together to show their support for girls of Ruteng.
Batam
Two girls survivor of sex trafficking and Sr. Rita RGS observed the international day of girl in Batam shelter by conducting in-depth reflection. During the session these girls shared their experiences when they were sold to Batam and a lot of girls who could not manage to run from their trafficker. They said that they wanted to live just like other girls but they were dropped-out from school due to economic reason. Unfortunately, a bad guy who promised a job sold them into prostitution. At the conversation, one girl said that she wanted to help other girls by becoming anti-trafficking facilitator. To do it, she would continue to study in junior high school. Finishing conversation, Sr. Rita RGS stated that whatever experiences these girls had, they are worthy in front of God.
Karyatasih
Sr. Lusiana RGS introduced international day of girl in shelter for women and girls having unwed pregnancy. 16 participants involved in role-plays on situation of girls in Indonesia. Three stories were presented. First was about business family who neglected their daughter, second was about the live of female activist who helped a lot of women and girls, and the third was about a girl who did free sex. Through role-play, they said that girl faces various problems such as: free sex, lack of family attention, gendered based violence, physical violence, lack of rights to make her own decision, and marginalized in society.
Bogor
Exam weeks on 11 October 2012 made Sr. Siska RGS and Sr.Yacinta RGS decided to address International Day of Girl into 22 Oktober 2012. 28 girls residence of Good Shepherd boarding house Bogor participated in team work activities and reflection session. Sr. Yacinta RGS used game to build spirit of team work among girls. This activity was chose because in everyday life girl sees other girl as competitor. They were unaware that a lot of girls caught in difficult situation and needed a hand to help them. Game was the media to start a discussion on “girls’ solidarity”. Movie on the topic of girl was used as a closure of reflection session.
Parartasih
At girl shelter in Jakarta, Sr. Yohana RGS conducted a chain of activities to address the first International Day of Girls. In October 1st 2012, she announced the girls to participate in writing competition and collected all piece of writing four days later. With the help of shelter’s staffs, Sr. Yohana RGS prepared gifts for all the girls in 11 October morning. The gifts were heart-shaped-cards and snacks arranged on dining table with girls name attached on each card. Through this way, girls were told how special they are. In the evening, the girls and all staffs were gathered to celebrate the day of the girl by conducting prayer and reflection also games after giving explanation on what does day of girl means for the girls. On 26 October 2012, they conducted recollection for the girls using the material prepared by GSSWC to celebrate day of girls in Indonesia province.
Girl child of
Indonesia faced various challenging in their everyday life. In many big cities
many girls were sold for prostitution industry. ILO estimated 70,000 child girl
were worked for prostitution in java island (2009). Until now valid number of
girls in prostitution in all cities of Indonesia is unavailable. Other issues
concerning girl child include: School drop-out, teen pregnancies, child labors,
HIV-AIDS, trafficking, girls living on the street, etc. The issues that were
faced by girl child needed attention from the state, civil societies, as well
as religious communities.The Good Shepherd sisters of Indonesia province have been provided services for girl child. In each unit, we provided services for girl who are in need of protection and prevention from gendered based violence, human trafficking, and education lost. Our services include: shelters for teen pregnancies, shelters for trafficking victims, boarding houses for girls, and other educational supports. We also assisted children in grassroots communities and put attention to girl issues. Through these services, we put our stance against all forms of violence faced by women particularly girl child.
In coordination with Good shepherd International Justice and Peace Office (GSIJPO) of New York, The Good Shepherd Services for Women and Children (GSSWC) distributed information and coordinated activities to address the first international day of girls for sisters of Indonesia province. Giving proper information to sisters of seventh communities in our unit, we translated information from the girl day action website that was suggested by GSIJO and distributed the information in Bahasa Indonesia and provided English version information in attachment. We also created optional guideline activities for sisters and girls in communities.
Various activities were done by the good shepherd sisters of Indonesia province in addressing the first international day of girl.
Prayers for girls
Prayer was done by Good
Shepherd Sisters in Jakom, Provincialat, Bogor, Bantul, Yogya, Marau, and
Ruteng community. Guideline prayer was prepared by GSSWC team, but each community
has freedom to creatively run the prayer. The evening prayer intention on 11
October 2012 was for girls in our services and all girls who are in need. In
Batam and Ruteng, Mass was conducted to observe the day of girl. Sisters,
girls, boys, and lay partners attended the mass to celebrate the special day
for girls around the world and to support girls in our services. Writing Competition
GSSWC conducted writing competition for girls in the good shepherd sisters’ services. Total of 60 pieces of works are written by girls. Only 50 of them are in competition due to the other 10 writing were submitted after the dateline. The competition showed the sister response toward the issue of girl child and they ways in which they motivated girls in their services to participate. Theme of the competition was “GIRLS’ PROBLEMS” with two categories included creative writing and poem. 12 girls were announced as the winners on the 11 October 2012. These girls received gift from GSSWC as the host of competition.
Villa Syalom
“Every girl has potential to change the world” was the theme of day of girl celebration at villa syalom (Shelter for unwed pregnancy in Jakarta) on 11 Oktober 2012. Sisters of Provincialat community and girls in shelter joined in a special prayer for girls. Singing and dancing by all participants was used to open ceremony. Reading from Luke 9:46-48 was used as reflection. Part of reflection, girls in shelter mentioned their finding from news paper articles on girls in marriage, girls in prostitution, and girls in labor. They also spoke about their wishes as girl living in Indonesia. As a form of support to girl in the shelter, sisters of Provincialat community recited a song of saint Mary who is longing to listen the girls’ voices. On 12 October 2012, Sr. Lusi Nur RGS leaded a sharing sesion for girls in shelter. In this session they mentioned what makes a girl valuable and what they want to achieve in five years.
Ruteng
Leaded by Sr. Katrin Padmi RGS, Good shepherd sisters of Ruteng community conducted two activities with 142 girls in their services. On 11 October 2012, the Day of girl was celebrated in SMA 2 Ruteng (a public senior high school in Ruteng managed by government). At least 88 female students attended activities and dialogue on girl topics. Begin with an opening activity where six participants stand in pair and made statue of girl in their imagination, they discussed about what girls like to be, what are incorrect information about girl in public, how is the importance of being educated girls, and what girls can do to help other girls achieving their dream. During discussion session, these girls mentioned that “a girl can be a hero for herself and other girls by showing that she is wise, strong, and smart.” These girls also believed that girl should participate in public because girls have got equal rights with boys. The International Day of Girl celebration at SMA 2 was success because teachers and principal supported the occasion. Prior to the celebration, Sr. Katrin Padmi RGS met the school authority and socialized the day of girl also mentioned the importance of day of girl for female students of Ruteng.
On 14 October 2012, Day of Girl was celebrated in our center. 54 girls of scholarship receivers and their folks attended the celebration. Sr. Katrin Padmi RGS said that she explained what is the International Day of Girl in simple way because the variety of participants. In this activity, girls were discussed about the importance of education because these girls were vulnerable for school drop-out due to economic issue. Mass was conducted as the closing ceremony. Girls, boys, and Good Shepherd sisters of Ruteng community were together to show their support for girls of Ruteng.
Batam
Two girls survivor of sex trafficking and Sr. Rita RGS observed the international day of girl in Batam shelter by conducting in-depth reflection. During the session these girls shared their experiences when they were sold to Batam and a lot of girls who could not manage to run from their trafficker. They said that they wanted to live just like other girls but they were dropped-out from school due to economic reason. Unfortunately, a bad guy who promised a job sold them into prostitution. At the conversation, one girl said that she wanted to help other girls by becoming anti-trafficking facilitator. To do it, she would continue to study in junior high school. Finishing conversation, Sr. Rita RGS stated that whatever experiences these girls had, they are worthy in front of God.
Karyatasih
Sr. Lusiana RGS introduced international day of girl in shelter for women and girls having unwed pregnancy. 16 participants involved in role-plays on situation of girls in Indonesia. Three stories were presented. First was about business family who neglected their daughter, second was about the live of female activist who helped a lot of women and girls, and the third was about a girl who did free sex. Through role-play, they said that girl faces various problems such as: free sex, lack of family attention, gendered based violence, physical violence, lack of rights to make her own decision, and marginalized in society.
Bogor
Exam weeks on 11 October 2012 made Sr. Siska RGS and Sr.Yacinta RGS decided to address International Day of Girl into 22 Oktober 2012. 28 girls residence of Good Shepherd boarding house Bogor participated in team work activities and reflection session. Sr. Yacinta RGS used game to build spirit of team work among girls. This activity was chose because in everyday life girl sees other girl as competitor. They were unaware that a lot of girls caught in difficult situation and needed a hand to help them. Game was the media to start a discussion on “girls’ solidarity”. Movie on the topic of girl was used as a closure of reflection session.
Parartasih
At girl shelter in Jakarta, Sr. Yohana RGS conducted a chain of activities to address the first International Day of Girls. In October 1st 2012, she announced the girls to participate in writing competition and collected all piece of writing four days later. With the help of shelter’s staffs, Sr. Yohana RGS prepared gifts for all the girls in 11 October morning. The gifts were heart-shaped-cards and snacks arranged on dining table with girls name attached on each card. Through this way, girls were told how special they are. In the evening, the girls and all staffs were gathered to celebrate the day of the girl by conducting prayer and reflection also games after giving explanation on what does day of girl means for the girls. On 26 October 2012, they conducted recollection for the girls using the material prepared by GSSWC to celebrate day of girls in Indonesia province.
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