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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), ...

Sexual violence cases mostly started in private scope: Official

Sexual violence cases in Indonesia, especially against women, largely constituted those occurring in the private ...

Ministry to prioritize women's empowerment program in entrepreneurship

The Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry prioritizes women's empowerment programs in the ...

NWR case shows limitations of services to victims of sexual violence

The delay in the resolution of the case of NWR, a victim of sexual violence from East Java, has highlighted the ...

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 ...

Child protection: a grand quest

 “Give me 1,000 old people, I will certainly pry Mount Semeru off its roots. Give me 10 youths, I will ...

Resolve human rights violations through restorative justice: Ministry

The government has deemed that it is important to use the restorative justice approach to handle past cases of gross ...

Female civil servants should empower one another: minister Puspayoga

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga has urged women state civil servants (ASN) to ...

Komnas Perempuan calls for disabled-friendly health facilities

The National Commission on Anti-Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has asked the Health Ministry to develop ...

People should be educated about gender-based cyber violence: Official

Commissioner for National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) Bahrul Fuad believes that increasing ...

Regulation on sexual violence a progressive measure: Official

Issuance of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministerial Regulation Number 30 of 2021 is a progressive step ...

Need restorative justice to handle violence against women, children

The application of recovery-based restorative justice by law enforcement officers is needed for dealing with cases of ...

Minister optimistic of fulfilling children's right to education

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga underscored the significance of fulfilling the ...

House Speaker urges people to eradicate violence against women

House of Representatives (DPR RI) Speaker Puan Maharani urged all parties to promote the elimination of all forms of ...

Violence against women constitutes human rights violation: Minister

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Minister I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati stressed that violence ...