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All-party synergy key to preventing female circumcision: ministry

Synergy between all parties is essential to prevent female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), assistant deputy for ...

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 ...

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To address sexual violence, ensuring victims' rights crucial

Behind the high enclosure of a religious boarding school complex in Cibiru, West Java, Herry Wirawan, the school's ...

Ministry, KPAI, law enforcers probe sexual violence in schools

The Ministry of Religious Affairs is working with the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) and law enforcement ...

Minister urges regional governments to prevent violence against women

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA), Bintang Puspayoga, responded to the sexual violence ...

Progress of sexual violence prevention bill offers hope for victims

The National Commission on Violence Against Women has lauded the Legislative Body of the House of Representatives for ...

Violence against women up two-fold compared to 2020: commission

Cases of violence against women have recorded a two-fold increase to reach 4,500 as of September 2021 compared to 2020, ...

Legislator highlights sexual violence in educational institutions

Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR RI) Lestari Moerdijat has called for ratification of ...

Online violence inflicts psychological, material harm to victims

Victims of online gender-based violence (GBV) can experience psychological and material losses, Southeast Asia Freedom ...

Pandemic has affected incidence of sexual violence: Education Minister

Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim has said that the COVID-19 pandemic has ...

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 ...