Access to places of worship for persons with disabilities in Indonesia: Law and policy completion

Figures & data

Table 1. Regulation concerning PwD

Number	Type of Regulatins	Concerning
1	Law Number 8 of 2016	Persons with Disabilities
2	Law Number 13 of 1998	Welfare of Persons with Disabilities.
3	Government Regulation Number 43 of 1998	Efforts to Improve Social Welfare for Persons with Disabilities;
4	Government Regulation Number 43 of 2004	Improve Social Welfare for Persons with Disabilities;
5	Decree of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 83 of 1999	Coordinating and Controlling Institutions for the Improvement of Social Welfare for Persons with Disabilities
6	Presidential Decree Number 52 of 2004	National Commission for the Elderly
7	Instruction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 1 of 2010	Acceleration of the Implementation of National Development Priorities in 2010
8	.Instruction of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 3 of 2010	Equitable Development Program
9	Regulation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 9 of 2015	Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
10	Regulation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Number 36 of 1980	Social Welfare for Persons with Disabilities
11	. Regulation of the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Number 01 of 2015	Organizational Structure and Work Procedures of the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
12	Regulation of the Minister of Home Affairs Number 60 of 2008	Guidelines for the Establishment of Regional Commissions for Persons with Disabilities and Community

Sources: Ministry of Law and Human Rights of the Republic of Indonesia 2023.

Table 2. People with disabilities in Indonesia

Number	Disability Classification	Amount
1	Visual disability	3,474,035
2	Physical disability	3,010,830
3	Hearing disability	2,547,626
4	Mental disability	1,389,614
5	Chronic disability	1,158,012
	Amount	11,580,117

Source: Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia (2022).

Table 3. Classification of Persons with Disabilities in Indonesia by Age

Number	Age Group	Moderate Disability	Severe Disability	Amount
1	2–6 year	1.150.173	309.784	33.320.357
2	7–18 year	1.327.688	433.297	55.708.205
3	19–59 year	15.834.339	2.627.531	150.704.645
4	60 year	12.073.572	3.381.134	24.493.684

Source: National Socioeconomic Survey of the Republic of Indonesia (2022).

Table 4. Cases of PwD discrimination access to places of worship in Indonesia

Number	Forms of Discrimination	Name of Place of Worship	Location	Cases of Year
1	Physical disability in wheelchairs cannot worshiping	Mosque	South Jakarta	2023
2	Visual disabilty prohibited to worshiping	Tample	Buleleng-Bali	2022
3	Physical disability in wheelchairs cannot worshiping	Mosque	West Sumatera	2019
4	Hearing disability cannot worshiping	Church	Bandung-West Java	2018
5	Hearing disability cannot worshiping	Church	Yogyakarta	2016

Source: Processed from various sources.

Table 5. The type of facilities places of worship

Number	Name Facilities	Form Facilities
1	EE- External Environment	EE1-Parking space EE2- Ramps and kerbs EE3-Pedestrian walkways
2	EN-Enterence	EN1-Enterance/exit door EN2-Corridor
3	HC- Horizontal Circulation & VC- Vertical Circulation	HC1- Guide blocks HC2- Stairs
4	WC’s- Toilet & ablution area	WC1- Accessible restroom WC2- Praying room and ablution area
5	SF- Specific Facilities	SF1- Information counter and service desks
6	S & WF- Sign & Way Finding	S & WF1- Wayfinding, information and sign

Source: (Lacey, 2004).

Lacey, A. (2004). Designing for accessibility (2nd ed.). RIBA Publishing.

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