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Behind the High Cases of Stunting NTT, in Parenting with a Gender Perspective
Project leader: Mrs Theresia Sarlyn Ralo
Level of education and university: Master, The University of Melbourne
Collaborating Organisations: -
Project Location: Nusa Tenggara Timur
Activity Type: Research & Development and innovation
Sector: -
Project Rationale:
This project is very important because there is currently no specific policy regarding stunting interventions in terms of parenting that includes local socio cultural values of NTT. So far the intervention is downstream or on a curative aspect. For example, providing additional food for malnourished children. While socio culltural barriers, especially in terms of gender perspective have not been a concern.
The project will help solve the problem in a way the results of this data analysis will be used as recommendations to leaders to make policies to accelerate stunting reduction in NTT. This policy focuses on aspects of parenting or upstream aspects of handling stunting.
This policy will be implemented through various government programs and related stakeholders, so that the convergence action to accelerate stunting is carried out comprehensively by all components of society. Thus the target for NTT in 2024 of stunting prevalence of 12% can be achieved.
Project Beneficiaries:
- As many as 10 students involved in data collection
- As many as 16 families in the district of Kupang and the city of Kupang were the trials for data collection.
- As many as 180 families in the city of Kupang and 50 families in the district of Kupang who were the targets of data collection
- NTT Provincial Office of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection
- As many as 5 universities in the Province of NTT that will be involved
- NTT Provincial Government
Priority Development Area:
Health Security
Link with Australian organisation: -
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