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Women's empowerment key to tackling extreme poverty: BKKBN

Head of the National Population and Family Planning Agency (BKKBN), Hasto Wardoyo, underscored that women's ...

Government distributes 24,540 kg of rice aid to West Papuans

The central government, through state-owned logistics company Bulog, distributed 24,540 kilograms of the Government ...

Komnas Perempuan urges govt to ratify convention against torture

The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) and a number of institutions within the ...

Social stigma linked to gender violence against widows, divorcées

The social stigma against widows and divorced women is responsible for the frequent cases of violence against them, the ...

Minister lauds inauguration of floating hospitals for remote areas

Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi has lauded the inauguration of floating hospitals Laksamana Malahayati (FHLM) ...

Poor households in Aceh Besar's Cot Suruy village get aid

Due to the rise in the prices of basic commodities, the Aceh Besar district administration has distributed staple food ...

MPR chairman supports PPI in pushing revision of pensions' law

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Chairman Bambang Soesatyo supports the Indonesian Pensioners Association (PPI) ...

Grave risks to women, children due to divorce: Bappenas

Divorce causes serious risks and impact for children and women, according to Family, Woman, Child, Youth, and Sport ...

Encouraging mosques to become people's economic empowerment center

Street bazaars where beverages for iftar are usually sold are easy to find during the holy month of Ramadan as they ...

Flourishing sense of empathy amid COVID-19 pandemic

It has been more than a year since the COVID-19 pandemic spread throughout the world, including Indonesia, and no one ...

Ministry records increasing trend in waste management capacity

The Ministry of Environment and Forestry (KLHK) has recorded an increasing trend in Indonesia's waste management ...

Gorontalo residents panic-struck following magnitude-5.3 earthquake

Residents of North Gorontalo District, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi Island, were engulfed by fear and panic after a ...

Jokowi tours kampongs to meet people in Sukabumi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) visited kampongs to meet the people in Sukabumi, West Java, after offering the Eid ...

Thousands of Kenyan single mothers, widows use mobile money to escape poverty

Almost 200,000 Kenyan households, many headed by poor, rural women, have lifted themselves out of poverty using mobile ...

Legilsator lauds amnesty for Minimi

House Commission III member Tjatur Sapto Edy has welcomed the plan of President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) to grant amnesty ...