| In the first ever national event intended to | | | | do want to give the medical arguments for |
| promote condom use, Indonesia is attempting | | | | condom use to these leaders, in hopes that |
| to make it plain that condoms should always | | | | they will understand for themselves how |
| be used. In an attempt to curb unwanted | | | | important condoms are in this nation. There |
| pregnancies and sexually transmitted | | | | is also a belief that the safe sex education |
| diseases, Jarkata and other communities in | | | | itself is going to help curb the spread of |
| Indonesia are participating in a condom | | | | HIV. This comes after a the World Health |
| campaign. National Condom Week will coincide | | | | Organization announced in February that |
| with December 1st, which is World AIDS Day. | | | | Indonesia had one of the fastest growing |
| The National Family Planning Board is | | | | populations with HIV in the entire world. By |
| overseeing the condom week, which is a | | | | having Condom Week, the National Family |
| groundbreaking event for Indonesia. It will | | | | Planning Board is hoping that more |
| involve the distribution of condoms, the | | | | Indonesians will become educated about what |
| education of condom use, information about | | | | exactly safe sex means, and what danger is |
| how to have sex safely, and other events | | | | truly posed by the spread of HIV and AIDS. |
| which are all aimed at trying to get rid of | | | | There is a lot of knowledge that is not |
| the stigma of condom use in Indonesia. The | | | | correct which many people learn from each |
| problem with condoms in Indonesia is that | | | | other and even from doctor figures. Helping |
| thus far they have only been promoted as | | | | educate the population about these diseases |
| family planning tools. The social environment | | | | and prevent them is a tremendous milestone |
| in Indonesia has been unsupportive of the use | | | | for this country. They are hoping that from |
| of condoms, and there is a great amount of | | | | the events that will be nation-wide during |
| ignorance as to the other things that condoms | | | | that week, more people will learn the truth |
| can do. Along with a general low awareness of | | | | about these diseases, and how easy they would |
| safe sex and how important it is, these | | | | be to control if safe sex practices were |
| factors have led to condoms only being used | | | | better adopted and more widely used. It is |
| by one percent of those people who want to | | | | the hope of this board and the other people |
| prevent pregnancy. Their use for other | | | | who are in support of the Condom Week that |
| reasons, such as stopping HIV and AIDS and | | | | more people will recognize condoms as being |
| other diseases is almost nonexistent. The | | | | helpful and will hopefully begin to use them |
| event is going to be aimed at making condoms | | | | more. For more information visit: Indonesia |
| more popular, and at giving the people their | | | | Launches Condom Campaign in the Midst of HIV |
| own tools to protect against getting pregnant | | | | Crisis |
| and getting diseases. In the world's most | | | | |
| populous nation that is Muslim, this had been | | | | is an online safe sex retailer selling the |
| met with great stigma. The leaders of the | | | | best condoms, contraceptives and birth |
| movement say that they don't want to force | | | | control like Durex condoms, Trojan, |
| the Muslim leaders to promote condoms | | | | Lifestyles and Crown condom. |
| themselves and endorse their use - but they | | | | |