Journal of Youth Studies Vol. 15, No. 8, December 2012, 1011-1027, 2012
In Indonesia, the notion of ‘study first’ (kuliah dulu) pressures young adults to refrain from se... more In Indonesia, the notion of ‘study first’ (kuliah dulu) pressures young adults to refrain from sex and delay marriage until they finish tertiary education. Recent scholarship has viewed choices to abstain from sex as evidence of the potency of values of modernisation, Islamic culture and the contemporary importance of moral and social order. By looking at how Dani university students from Papua, the country's easternmost province, view premarital sex and pregnancy while studying in North Sulawesi, this article shows that the moral regulation of reproductive and educational aspirations invokes defensive reactions among indigenous men and women experiencing stigma and discrimination from local Indonesians. Qualitative interview results and case studies of pregnancy offer insights into the ways that indigenous men and women respond to racial stigma with a political interpretation of sexuality and pregnancy by arguing that education and reproductive achievements make vital contributions to indigenous agendas. In particular, practices of unofficial ‘marriage’ supported men's and women's need to defend themselves against stigmatisation, and enabled some women to feel positive about premarital pregnancies.
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that was held in Manokwari, West Papua province,
Indonesia, from 27–29 November 2014. The workshop,
called Developing an HIV Prevention and Control
Strategy for Papuans in Tanah Papua,1 represented the
culmination of over a year of preparatory work, and
something new in Tanah Papua’s HIV response: the
mobilisation of a broad base of community and provincial-
level actors committed to responding to epidemic
levels of HIV among indigenous Papuans.2 Based on
comparative data obtained from the World Health
Organization, Tanah Papua faces the fastest growing
HIV epidemic in the world, and one of the highest
HIV prevalence rates in the world outside of Africa.
the West Papua provincial health department
presented some of the results of the 2013 Integrated
Bio-Behavioural Survey (IBBS), which is the
most recent Tanah Papua–wide survey of HIV
indicators, including HIV prevalence, knowledge
of HIV, sexual behaviour and condom use. His
presentation was a key component of the workshop
‘Developing an HIV Prevention and Control
Strategy for Papuans in Tanah Papua’ (see Munro
2015).1 It has been seven years since the last IBBS
was conducted in Tanah Papua, and the results
were greatly anticipated by those in attendance. The
results have yet to be made available beyond certain
organisations in Indonesia, but this In Brief presents
a recap of Dr Tiniap’s workshop presentation to
facilitate access to this important new data, and to
encourage further research on particular themes.
market their cultural capital, as well as governmental and non-governmental aid and development programs that offer such assistance to vulnerable Bengali women.
that was held in Manokwari, West Papua province,
Indonesia, from 27–29 November 2014. The workshop,
called Developing an HIV Prevention and Control
Strategy for Papuans in Tanah Papua,1 represented the
culmination of over a year of preparatory work, and
something new in Tanah Papua’s HIV response: the
mobilisation of a broad base of community and provincial-
level actors committed to responding to epidemic
levels of HIV among indigenous Papuans.2 Based on
comparative data obtained from the World Health
Organization, Tanah Papua faces the fastest growing
HIV epidemic in the world, and one of the highest
HIV prevalence rates in the world outside of Africa.
the West Papua provincial health department
presented some of the results of the 2013 Integrated
Bio-Behavioural Survey (IBBS), which is the
most recent Tanah Papua–wide survey of HIV
indicators, including HIV prevalence, knowledge
of HIV, sexual behaviour and condom use. His
presentation was a key component of the workshop
‘Developing an HIV Prevention and Control
Strategy for Papuans in Tanah Papua’ (see Munro
2015).1 It has been seven years since the last IBBS
was conducted in Tanah Papua, and the results
were greatly anticipated by those in attendance. The
results have yet to be made available beyond certain
organisations in Indonesia, but this In Brief presents
a recap of Dr Tiniap’s workshop presentation to
facilitate access to this important new data, and to
encourage further research on particular themes.
market their cultural capital, as well as governmental and non-governmental aid and development programs that offer such assistance to vulnerable Bengali women.