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Minister calls for support to curb violence against women, children

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, Arifatul Choiri Fauzi, emphasized the need for support from ...

Govt outlines two strategies to combat rising school dropout rates

Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Abdul Mu'ti has prepared two strategies to address increasing school ...

PPPA Ministry, MUI ink MoU on women empowerment, child protection

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Bintang Puspayoga signed a memorandum of understanding ...

Ministry highlights need to consider children in climate action

The Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Cultural Affairs highlighted the need to consider children while ...

Govt targets to reduce child marriage to 8.74 percent: Ministry

The Indonesian government targeted to reduce child marriage prevalence to 8.74 percent in 2024 and 6.94 percent in ...

Minister spotlights child marriage issue at National Children's Forum

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Bintang Puspayoga drew attention to the issue of child ...

Child marriage compromises children's right to grow: BKKBN

The National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) has stressed that child marriage compromises children's ...

BKKBN teams up with NU to raise awareness against child marriage

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) is collaborating with the Nahdlatul Ulama Teachers ...

Banning child marriage could help prevent stunting: BKKBN

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) has stated that prohibiting child marriage could help ...

MPR seeks consistency from government in preventing child marriages

Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Lestari Moerdijat called on the government to be ...

Adopting hygienic lifestyle easy stunting-prevention approach: BKKBN

Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) Hasto Wardoyo stated that the adoption of hygienic ...

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Child marriage and its dynamics in Indonesia

The Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry and Plan Indonesia Foundation recently released a study on ...

Parents should also impart education on reproductive health: Gov't

Reproductive health education should not only be imparted at school to children but also by their parents, Children ...

Optimizing child growth through greater paternal involvement

Since being born, children require optimal parenting from families, though this obligation to raise them often falls ...

Multisectoral collaboration to preventing child marriages: Ministry

Prevention of child marriages should entail the use of a holistic, comprehensive, and integrated approach that involves ...