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Women's empowerment priority in development effort: minister

Women's empowerment and gender equality are the government's priorities in efforts towards national ...

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 ...

Indonesia committed to improving gender equality in STEM: minister

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, Bintang Puspayoga, has asserted that the Indonesian ...

Minister urges women to adapt, be brave in face of challenges

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KemenPPPA), Bintang Puspayoga, has urged women to be adaptive ...

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 ...

Minister highlights importance of women's economic empowerment

Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Minister Bintang Puspayoga has emphasized that women's ...

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 ...

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 ...

Mary Kay Inc. advocates for advancing women’s economic empowerment and gender equality through series of milestone commitments & partnerships around the world

Mary Kay Inc., a global advocate for women’s empowerment and entrepreneurship, has furthered its commitment to ...

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 ...

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Seeking a solution for Kashmir to end the prolonged sorrow

Eminent travel writer Jan Morris highlighted that Kashmir was always more than a mere place. It is an experience, a ...

Women's empowerment to drive recovery of pandemic-battered economy

Women’s empowerment can boost the recovery of the national economy hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the ...

Online violence against women up amid pandemic: minister

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati, has said cases of online ...

Women journalists stress on building safe, inclusive work environment

Circumstances need to be created for women, especially those who have made a career in journalism, to be totally free ...

OIC urges measures to protect women from violence

Secretary general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Dr. Yousef A. Al-Othaimeen, has urged OIC member ...