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Indonesia moves to protect children as COVID-19 cases spike

With Indonesia’s second COVID-19 wave affecting a significant number of children, the government has been quick ...

Parental behavior triggers COVID-19 cases among children: govt

Siti Nadia Tarmizi, spokesperson for vaccination of the Ministry of Health, attributed the current spike in COVID-19 ...

Children constitute 12.6% of COVID-19 transmission cases: IDAI chief

Children constituted 12.6 percent of the COVID-19 transmission cases in several parts of Indonesia, Chief of the ...

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 ...

Health Ministry expands immunization program to offer 14 vaccines

The Health Ministry intends to expand its national immunization program, under the strategic plan of health reform, ...

National Education Day, momentum to revive Ki Hajar Dewantara's ideas

Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem Anwar Makarim stated that the National Education Day is ...

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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 ...

Ministry awaits recommendation to give COVID-19 vaccine to children

The Health Ministry awaits recommendation from related institutions prior to going ahead with the administration of the ...

Early marriage deprives children access to quality education: minister

Education and Culture Minister Nadiem Makarim has said that child marriage can deprive children of the opportunity to ...

DPD speaker cautions of impact of COVID-19 on child poverty

Speaker of the Regional Representatives Council (DPD) A. A. LaNyalla Mahmud Mattalitti cautioned the government of ...

Two million children to become poverty-stricken sans social aid

Over two million Indonesian children would be plunged into poverty if the government halted social assistance to poor ...

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Eye on human capital, Indonesia ramps up fight against stunting

The Joko Widodo administration has set human resource development as its priority program for the second presidential ...

BKKBN appointed to lead Indonesia's stunting rate reduction efforts

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has tasked the National Population and Family Planning Board (BKKBN) with executing ...

Indonesia, Unicef sign CPAP for 2021-2025 to promote child welfare

The Indonesian government and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) inked the Country Programme Action Plan ...

Assembly urges public to oversee sexual violence eradication bill

People's Consultative Assembly Deputy Speaker Lestari Moerdijat appealed to the public to oversee the ...