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Waiving placement fee for migrant workers prevents human trafficking

Waiving the placement fee for Indonesian migrant workers could help prevent their trafficking, deputy chairman of the ...

Death toll of Indonesians aboard sunken ship climbs to 16

The death toll of Indonesians aboard the ship that sunk in Malaysian waters on Dec 15 rose to 16 after the Malaysian ...

Ministry officiates two Kulon Progo villages as Child-Caring Villages

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati officiated Banjarharjo Village, ...

Alarming trend of sexual violence at university level: minister

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

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, ...

West Kalimantan police foil human-trafficking operation

The West Kalimantan police have foiled a transnational human trafficking syndicate's attempt to smuggle 18 ...

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 ...

Ministry lauds Cianjur regulation on contract marriage prevention

The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection has praised the issuance of the District Head Regulation ...

Govt to support strengthening ban on contract marriages: Minister

The central government will formulate a regulation to support the strengthening of a regional regulation to ban ...

PPATK, BP2MI collaborate to protect migrant workers

The Indonesian Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (PPATK) and Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection ...

DFW questions efficacy of cooperation in tackling illegal fishing

Destructive Fishing Watch (DFW) questions the effectiveness of regional cooperation in combating illegal fishing as ...

Cyber gender-based violence up 920% amid pandemic: commission

Cyber gender-based violence (KBGS) increased by 920 percent amid the pandemic compared to 2019, Commissioner of the ...

COVID-19: One worker of Benjina's fishing firm dies, 28 quarantined

One worker of fishing firm PT Pusaka Benjina Resources (PBR) in the remote island of Benjina, Maluku Province, ...

Grand prize winner announced in $5M IBM Watson AI XPRIZE competition

XPRIZE, the world’s leader in designing and operating incentive competitions to solve humanity’s grand challenges, ...

Ministry busts smuggling of 11 job seekers into Iraq, UAE

The Manpower Ministry thwarted an attempt to smuggle 11 job seekers into Iraq and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to be ...