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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 ...

Local govts asked to offer services for violence, trafficking victims

The Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) has encouraged regional governments to offer services to ...

Indonesia, Australia agree on joint operation against illegal fishing

The governments of Indonesia and Australia have concurred on conducting joint maritime patrol called Operation Gannet 5 ...

Missing valid data on migrant workers hinders protection management

The non-existence of valid single data on migrant workers has hindered the management of protection of Indonesian crew ...

Govt asks ASEAN nations to strengthen legal integration

The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) has urged ASEAN nations to strengthen legal integration ...

Online prostitution involving children must be dealt with seriously

The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has urged the government to seriously deal with online prostitution ...