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3,779 students attend Jakarta's UHAMKA inaugural lecture

At least 3,779 students on Saturday attended the inaugural lecture of Muhammadiyah Prof. Dr. Hamka University (UMAMKA), ...

Character building eradicates major sins at schools: Minister Makarim

Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim reaffirmed the ministry's mission to eradicate ...

Mothers must increase awareness on sexual violence against girls

Mothers must increase their awareness on sexual violence against girls, an expert on women and children from Riau ...

Palembang government edifies mothers on optimizing child protection

The Palembang city government, South Sumatra, is disseminating information to housewives across 18 sub-districts of the ...

Public literacy on sexual violence bill still low: Komnas Perempuan

Public literacy on the anti-sexual violence bill (RUU PKS) is still low, Commissioner of the National Commission on ...

Violence against women up amid pandemic: Komnas Perempuan

Cases of violence against women have spiked significantly in Indonesia amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the National ...

Achieving gender equality will require joint efforts: minister

Joint efforts are needed to achieve gender equality and ensure that no Indonesian woman is left behind in the future, ...

Open trials called problem in resolving gender-based violence: SAFEnet

Open trials are the largest obstacle in resolving online gender-based violence cases, Southeast Asia Freedom of ...

6.5-magnitude quake shakes Central Sulawesi's Tojo Una-Una

A powerful earthquake measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale rocked Minahasa peninsula, Tojo Una-Una district, Central ...

Sexual violence bill can offer hope to victims of abuse

For GH, a sexual violence survivor, the trauma of further harassment after reporting the assault has been unimaginably ...

Penal Code fails to adequately protect sexual assault victims

The Penal Code (KUHP) does not yet provide adequate protection to women victims of sexual violence, Commissioner of the ...

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 ...

IPB students develop TTM software to help sexual violence victims

A team of students at IPB University created a "TTM" software to assist victims of sexual violence by ...

Ministry to set up online mechanism for reporting sexual harassment

Minister of Education and Culture, Nadiem Anwar Makarim, has announced that his ministry will institute a mechanism for ...

Gojek beefs up security measures for women

Online motorcycle taxi service Gojek has strengthened its security commitment by implementing the highest safety ...