From left to right: UNICEF Indonesia
Representative Gunilla Olsson, the Mayor of Surakarta Hadi ‘Rudy’
Rudyatmo and the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General Marta
Santos Pais Photo ©UNICEF Indonesia/Kinanti Pinta Karana
Surakarta in central Java, earns a lot of
praise for its commitment to put children at the centre of its policies. The
city has been in a partnership with UNICEF since 2002 to improve child
protection, with birth registration as a priority. In 2015, Surakarta received
the Child Friendly City Award from President Joko Widodo, the city’s former mayor.
In the last days of February, the UN Special Representative to the Secretary
General (SRSG) for Violence against Children, Marta Santos Pais paid the city a
visit along with several UNICEF staff including Representative Gunilla Olsson,
to see how things are being done.
