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President orders 4 ministers to discuss marriage law revision

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has issued a Presidential Letter assigning four ministers to discuss along with the ...

Child marriage rooted in gender discrimination: Malaysian representative

Permanent Representative of Malaysia to ASEAN Dato` Shariffah Norhana Syed Mustaffa said that child marriage was ...

President calls on children to not conduct bullying

Indonesian President Joko Widodo called on children in the country here on Sunday to avoid conducting bullying. ...

Campaigners ask government to support UN resolution to halt child marriage

Campaigners have joined the civil network of Koalisi 18+ to call the Indonesian government to support the United ...

Police uncover online child prostitution

Police have uncovered a case of online prostitution involving underaged children being made to serve homosexuals in a ...

Families, main guardians of children

Since 1993, Indonesia has commemorated National Family Day (Harganas) every June 29 to recognize the important role of ...

Stop sexual violence against children in Indonesia

Indonesia observes the National Childrens Day every July 23 to remind every element in the community that children are ...

Indonesian govt to realize Indonesian children`s voices: Minister

Womens Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yambise has said her ministry will realize the Voices of ...

UNICEF finds dramatic inequality among world`s poorest, richest children

The number of children who do not attend school is rising, child marriage has not dropped in decades and millions of ...

Half South Asia`s girls marry before 18: UN

Nearly half of all girls in South Asia marry before they turn 18, according to a United Nations report that lays bare ...

Indonesia to observe World Population Day

Indonesia will join the commemoration of the World Population Day on July 11 with this year`s focus on youth, Head of ...

UN experts call on countries to prevent child marriage

A group of United Nations human rights experts on Thursday, the first UN International Day on the Girl Child, urged ...