Showing posts with label West Papua Youth Forum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label West Papua Youth Forum. Show all posts

Friday, 23 May 2014

Youth policy in West Papua – listening to a new generation

Written by Sarah Grainger 


Melan, 24, and her mother Elvi, a biology teacher in Manokwari, West Papua
© UNICEF Indonesia/2014/Andy Brown

MANOKWARI, West Papua province, Indonesia, April 2014 - When Melan started college a few years ago, she got a shock.

Melan’s family had always talked openly about issues like safe sex and HIV/AIDS prevention. So the 24 year-old from Manokwari in West Papua province felt prepared for greater independence from her parents, setting off for college each day on her motorbike. But she soon realised that not all of her friends had had the same support.