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Indonesia fights to prevent child marriage amid COVID-19 pandemic

Eni, a resident of West Nusa Tengga (NTB),  regretted that she allowed her 14-year-old daughter to marry last May ...

Protracted remote learning can spur dropouts, raise child marriages

Long-term remote learning could spur dropouts and increase the number of child marriages among students, according to ...

Child marriage: Police act on KPAI report, probe wedding organizer

The National Police’s Crime Unit has launched an investigation against a wedding organizer for promoting underage ...

Bappenas urges collective effort to realize SDG16

The Ministry of National Development Planning/National Development Planning Agency (Bappenas) has urged collective ...

Ending child marriage will require collective effort: official

Efforts to curb child marriage need to be supported by several parties, deputy for human, community and cultural ...

Govt puts in place regulations, programs to prevent child marriages

Indonesia’s government has made numerous efforts and applied programs to prevent child marriages, Subandi ...

East Kalimantan is striving to eliminate child marriages

East Kalimantan has been striving to eliminate underage marriages as the province's child marriage rate is recorded ...

Government prioritizes efforts to curb stunting, poverty rates

Health Minister Terawan Agus Putranto cited reduction in the stunting and poverty rates as among this year's key ...

Minister points to persistent grim participation of female workforce

Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister I Gusti Ayu Bintang Puspayoga affirmed that the dismal ...

Child marriage rooted in gender discrimination: Malaysian representative

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

Indonesia`s gender equality index ranking shows improvement: Plan International

Based on the international gender equality index, Indonesia rose to the 110th rank among 155 countries in various ...

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 ...