Julia Perez Chosen As Condom Ambassador For Indonesia

The Jakarta Globe

Julia Perez. (Photo: Antara file)

Actress and singer Julia Perez has been chosen as a condom ambassador by the National AIDS Commission.

According to the commission, Julia, who is popularly known as Jupe, was chosen because she is considered knowledgeable about sex.

“Jupe has starred in a condom ad for three years. She has been indirectly involved in campaigning for the use of condoms. Moreover, she has knowledge about sex,” commission spokeswoman Nafsiah Mboi said, according to detik.com.

Jupe said she felt flattered about her new title. She promised to be active in campaigning for the use of condoms.

“In Indonesia, campaigning for condoms is very difficult because it is often suspected to be a campaign for free sex,” she said on Thursday.

But Jupe said this was not the case, and she hoped her campaigning would lead to a reduction in the number of people in Indonesia contracting HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

“Even a wife could contract an STD from her husband,” she said.

JG