Indonesia: More than 25,000 children orphaned due to COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic
JAKARTA, 30 September 2021 – Since the start of the pandemic, 25,430 children in Indonesia have lost one or both caregivers due to COVID-19 according to a nationwide mapping by the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (MoWECP) and UNICEF. The mapping finds that the majority of children (57 per cent) have lost a male caregiver, over a…