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KAPAL Perempuan – Institute for Women’s Alternative Education

  • Strengthening Women’s Leadership for Inclusive Development Planning
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About KAPAL Perempuan

KAPAL Perempuan is a civil society organisation focused on supporting women’s leadership and empowering women, particularly those in poor and marginalised communities, while ensuring their needs are reflected in development planning. Through INKLUSI, KAPAL Perempuan helps ensure that the needs and perspectives of women and marginalised groups are taken into account in development planning through a Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) approach.

Partners and Working Areas

KAPAL Perempuan Working Area
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Activities

Women’s School Complaint Post

  • Handling complaints related to access to basic services, such as identity cards and social protection programmes
  • Assistance and referral mechanisms for follow-up on cases
  • Working with government to bridge gaps in access to public services and health services, including free IVA tests
  • Handling cases of violence against women and child marriage
  • Disseminating information on social protection programmes to communities

Development of a GEDSI-based Resource Center

  • Focused on the experiences of women, persons with disabilities, and marginalised groups
  • Supporting civil society organisations (CSOs) and other institutions to access documents, data, and services related to women’s empowerment
  • Data-based advocacy

Economic Development

  • Strengthening the economic independence of marginalised women through cooperatives, individual businesses, and group enterprises run by Women’s School members
  • Profits from the cooperatives are also used to support survivors of violence and social activities that benefit surrounding communities

Inclusive participation in policy advocacy

  • Encouraging the participation of women and marginalised groups in development planning through the National Women’s Deliberation (Munas Perempuan), Village Development Planning Meetings (Musrenbangdes), and advocacy for the implementation of the Sexual Violence Crime Law (UU TPKS)
  • Ensuring the integration of Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) issues into inclusive policies at the national and subnational levels

Women’s School

Empowerment of grassroots women through critical thinking, life skills, solidarity, and continuous learning.

Programmme Focus Areas

Legal Identity
Social Protection
Prevention of Violence Against Women
Child Marriage Prevention
Economic Recovery
Inclusive Participation in Decision Making

Programme Strategies

Capacity strengthening through the empowerment of marginalised women to enhance women’s participation and leadership.
GEDSI advocacy based on data generated through monitoring.
Development of a GEDSI Resource Center grounded in the experiences of women, persons with disabilities, and marginalised groups.

Expected Outcomes

Village and district governments integrate a GEDSI perspective into planning and budgeting to improve marginalised groups’ access to basic services and public participation.
National and subnational governments adopt women’s empowerment models and improve service policies for marginalised groups.
Civil society organisations and other institutions can access documents, data, and women’s empowerment services informed by a GEDSI perspective.
KAPAL Perempuan Activities

Achievement (as of December 2025)

29

Complaint Posts have been established.

>6,500

Marginalised people accessed the services provided by the Complaint Posts

>5,400

Marginalised people accessed government services and other external services

>3,900

marginalised people received capacity-building trainings to participate in public decision-making forums or processes.

>1,100

marginalised people participated in public decision-making processes or forums.

>500

community-based economic groups were established and operated

>1,100

marginalised people who are members of the community-based economic groups were established and operate.

Improvement of Data Quality

GEDSI data at the village level are available in 27 villages across 12 districts/cities, collected through PRA and used directly in village planning.

Local Technical Implementing Unit for Women and Child Protection (UPTD PPA)

  • Established and strengthened in 12 assisted districts/cities to incorporate a GEDSI perspective in the protection of survivors
  • Training for assistants supporting survivors of violence against women

Political Participation and Public Decision-Making

KAPAL Perempuan led the organisation of the National Women’s Deliberation for Development Planning in 2023 and 2024, which produced 9 policy briefs and contributed to the integration of GEDSI principles into the National Long-Term Development Plan (RPJPN) 2025–2045 and the National Medium-Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2025–2029.

Policy and Program

  • The Women- and Child-Friendly Village Initiative (DRPPA) is being implemented in 14 villages, including discussions on village and district head regulations on DRPPA, in East Lombok and Gresik.
  • A Regent Regulation on the use of the 2024 Village Budget (APBDes) has been issued in Lumajang Regency.

Inclusive Government Planning

Monitoring the participation of marginalised groups, including persons with disabilities and older people, in elections

Communication and information channel

Women’s School Community Radio operates in North Lombok and Sabutung Island (Pangkep) as a medium for information, education, and complaints for marginalised women in remote areas
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