SEX WORK AND THE LAW - HIV/AIDS Data Hub

100% CUP
100% CUP approaches have been implemented at some sex work localities since the
1990s and the 100% CUP approach is supported by the National AIDS Strategy and
Plan. In 1996, the Health Department issued a circular to provincial health departments
to promote condom use in all lokalisasi. However, national scale-up of the programme
has been limited. In 2006, it was reported that few municipalities were moving forward
with local legislation to operationalize the programme. 416 Although 39 provinces, districts
and municipalities have HIV Prevention Regulations in place, few provide any detail as
to how 100% CUP will be implemented or monitored in practice. 417 Indonesia’s Global
Fund Round 9 proposal included a programme of condom promotion among sex workers
backed by local regulations, with the aim that regular condom use becomes the norm at
sex work sites in forty-six districts. 418
A study conducted by the USAID Health Policy Initiative examined factors that determined
willingness to implement the 100% CUP in Jakarta. 419 Reasons for not implementing the
CUP were stigma affecting the views of local policy makers and the differing beliefs and
values of legislators and programme staff on the meaning of ‘condom promotion’. The
researchers found that opponents to the CUP felt that the policy would encourage extramarital
sex, which is considered immoral. The study also identified that some local officials
who profit from the licensing of entertainment establishments may fear loss of income if
the 100% CUP in effect legitimizes sex work. 420
6.3.3 Efforts to improve the legal environment
The Indonesian national sex worker organization (Organisasi Pekerja Seks Indonesia
(OPSI)) represents the interests of sex workers to advocate for law reform and input to
policy development through the National AIDS Commission and other forums at the
national level. The President of Indonesia has acknowledged the importance sex workers
as partners in the national HIV response, and a sex worker was included in the national
delegation to the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS in 2011.
Indonesia’s National AIDS Commission has provided training for police on human rights,
and on HIV and sex work.
http://www.republika.co.id/berita/breaking-news/metropolitan/11/03/10/168402-shakira-venus-dan-astridditembak-di-taman-lawang,
http://suaramerdeka.com/v1/index.php/read/news/2011/03/10/79844
416 Spratt K. (2007) Implementing 100% Condom Use Policies in Indonesia: A Case Study of Two Districts in
Jakarta, USAID/Health Policy Initiative, p.1.
417 http://edukasi.kompasiana.com/2010/11/08/‘memerangi’-aids-yang-tidak-konkret-di-provinsi-maluku/
; http://www.meraukepos.com/2010/11/perda-aids-merauke-hanya-menembak-psk.html; http://edukasi.
kompasiana.com/2010/10/26/penanggulangan-aids-di-yogyakarta-menunggu-perda/
418 CCM Indonesia Global Fund Round 9 HIV/AIDS Proposal p.25.
419 Spratt K. (2007) op cit.
420 Ibid., p.12.
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