#gender based violence

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Social stigma linked to gender violence against widows, divorcées

The social stigma against widows and divorced women is responsible for the frequent cases of violence against them, the ...

Manpower stakeholders declare commitment to preventing sexual violence

Several manpower stakeholders from the government, businesspersons, and workers declared a collective commitment to ...

Komnas Perempuan commemorates 25 years of Reformation

The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) held an event at Pondok Ranggon Public Cemetery on ...

Women journalists vulnerable to gender-based violence: Commission

Women journalists are vulnerable to gender-based violence in carrying out their journalistic duties, a Member of the ...

Minister relying on Rumah SAPA for violence victims' protection

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, Bintang Puspayoga, is striving to protect women and children ...

Komnas urges film industry to be free from gender-based violence

The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) deemed that National Film Day should encourage the ...

BKKBN raises early marriage issue at Arab-Asian Parliamentarians event

The National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN) raised the issue of early child marriage during a meeting of ...

Gender-based violence rising in proportion to internet users: Minister

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga stated that cases of online gender-based ...

Mary Kay Inc. Company-Sponsored Foundations Give Millions Supporting Women's Causes Around the World

- Throughout 2022, iconic beauty brand Mary Kay—along with its company-sponsored foundations—gave more than 3 ...

Mary Kay Inc. Announces Awards, Milestones, and Accomplishments From Full-Year 2022

Cue the pink fireworks: Mary Kay Inc. is celebrating its annual accomplishments. Throughout 2022, the iconic global ...

Commission urges DPR to pass Domestic Workers' Protection Bill

The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has called on the House of Representatives (DPR) ...

Govt spotlights importance of MSME actors innovating, collaborating

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga underscored the importance of micro, small, and ...

Women's empowerment solution to reducing child labor, marriages

Increasing women's empowerment can be a solution to reducing cases of child labor and child marriages, Assistant ...

Women human rights activists often target of cyberviolence: commission

Women human rights activists often become targets of gender-based violence in cyberspace, chief of the National ...

G20 Indonesia

W20 Indonesia urges India to continue women's empowerment agenda

Women 20 (W20) Indonesia has expressed the hope that the four main issues related to women's empowerment that were ...