#gender based violence

Collection of gender based violence news, found 105 news.

Women should be protected from violence: Central Sulawesi governor

The Central Sulawesi provincial government affirmed that women, including housewives, should be protected from all ...

Online violence inflicts psychological, material harm to victims

Victims of online gender-based violence (GBV) can experience psychological and material losses, Southeast Asia Freedom ...

Pandemic has affected incidence of sexual violence: Education Minister

Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has ...

Higher Internet use has upped gender-based violence risk: minister

The increase in Internet use amid the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the risk of online gender-based violence (GBV), ...

Issues of violence against women akin to iceberg phenomenon: Minister

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga drew a parallel between the issue of violence ...

KPPPA seeks action plan to prevent female genital mutilation, cutting

The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KPPPA) has asked all parties to formulate an action plan ...

Mary Kay Inc. and the Mary Kay Ash Foundation further commit to the prevention and elimination of global gender-based violence

In recognition of the upcoming International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women kicking off the 16 Days ...

Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator partners with the WE Empower UN SDG Challenge to maximize the development impact of women entrepreneurs

The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator (WEA), a strategic multi-partnership convening five United Nations agencies ...

Ministry urges ulemas to help prevent female genital mutilation

The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection has urged ulemas of Islamic boarding schools to build ...

Alarming trend of sexual violence at university level: minister

Indonesia is currently experiencing an alarming number of sexual violence cases in universities, Education, Culture, ...

25 years of making the world a better place for women: Mary Kay Ash FoundationSM marks milestone anniversary

In celebration of its 25th anniversary and guided by Mary Kay Ash’s dream to enrich the lives of women worldwide, ...

House should ratify Elimination of Sexual Violence Bill: Government

The Indonesian Government urges the House of Representatives to pass the Draft Bill on the Elimination of Sexual ...

Death penalty is worst-case scenario of discrimination against women

Death penalty on women is one of the catalysts of violence and gender-based discrimination against womankind, ...

Death penalty highest form of violence against women: Komnas Perempuan

The death penalty is the highest form of gender-based torture, discrimination, and violence against women, Chief of the ...

Effectiveness of death penalty not yet proven: Komnas HAM

Studies have shown that the effectiveness of the death penalty in deterring drug offenders and terrorists has not yet ...