Policies to Protect Children during the Pandemic in Indonesia: Between Expectation and Reality

COVID-19 has affected Indonesia in the health aspect and social, economic, human rights, especially for vulnerable groups. The pandemic also multiplied injustice experienced by women, children, persons with disabilities, elderly. Hundreds of thousands Indonesians died, not only elderly, most group, but productive age population. Children have to face two kinds threats at once, threat exposure potential losing their parents. Abandoned forever father, mother, or both parents due COVID-19, causing many children be orphaned. According data Indonesian Handling Task Force, on July 20, 2021, 11,045 were Another informed that number exposed was 350,000 777 died. There are main purposes study answer research problem. First, identify problems as victims Indonesia. Second, map out policies stakeholders which able provide protection results showed various ministries national governments had certain protect pandemic. Still, these integrated each other been implemented optimally regions.