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ASEAN, Canada agree to improve protection of migrant workers

ASEAN member countries and Canada have agreed to improve the protection of migrant workers during the 14th ...

Minister Marsudi to attend universal periodic review in Geneva

Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno LP Marsudi will head the Indonesian delegation to attend the Cycle 3 of the United ...

Hundreds of nurses and doctors wear kebaya while treating patients

A total of 500 nurses and doctors at the WZ Johanez Kupang General Hospital wore the kebaya, a traditional Indonesian ...

Indonesia integrates human rights in HRD of health sector

Indonesia has integrated the perspective of human rights in human resources development (HRD) to improve health ...

Protection for female sexual assault victims still minimal: Women`s commission

Commissioner of the National Commission on Violence Against Women Irawati Harsono believes that female victims of ...

Journalists association demands better protection of women`s rights

The Alliance Independent Journalist (AJI) has urged all parties to provide better protection of womens rights, as it ...

International Women`s Day promotes women`s roles, reminds of challenges

March 8 is internationally recognized as the day that women all over the world are being celebrated. Women are ...

Papua committed to halt gender violence

The government of Papua Province is committed to halt violence based on gender discrimination by issuing a Special ...

Indonesia supports increased participation of women in UN missions

Indonesia fully supports increased participation of women in United Nations peace missions, a foreign ministry ...

Mother`s Day plays special role in indonesian history

Observed on December 22 every year, Mothers Day in Indonesia plays a special role in the countrys history, culture, ...

Yearender - Violence against children increases in various regions

Cases of violence against children are still on the rise in various regions across Indonesia, and the government has ...

ASEAN launches study on preventing human trafficking

The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) has released a ...

Government asked to rehabilitate victims of online prostitution

The National Commission on Anti-Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has asked the government to immediately ...

NGO urges government to be transparent on scrapping regional regulations

The government should release details on 3,143 regional regulations scrapped by the Interior Ministry, according to ...

President Jokowi holds closed-door meeting with national commission for women

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) held a closed-door meeting with commissioners of the National Commission for ...