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Indonesia to rescue Rohingya refugees found adrift in Aceh waters

The Indonesian Government has decided to take in Rohingya refugees who have been reported adrift on a boat in the ...

UNHCR calls for urgent disembarkation of Rohingya refugees in Aceh

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has pressed for the immediate, life-saving disembarkation of a group of Rohingya refugees ...

Not a single woman, child should experience violence: minister

Efforts must be undertaken to ensure not a single woman or child experiences violence, Minister of Women's ...

Cases of violence against women on the rise: official

The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has recorded a significant increase in ...

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Indonesia's G20 Presidency supports women's empowerment

Indonesia's G20 Presidency will support women's empowerment, especially in the fields of digital literacy and ...

Mother's Day: Minister urges women to support each other

Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi urged women to support each other’s empowerment at the commemoration of ...

Women should be empowered: KSP

Indonesian women must be healthy, prosperous, and empowered to contribute optimally to the state, including in the ...

State budget supports gender-based budgeting since 2000: Minister

Indonesia's state budget (APBN) has supported gender-based budgeting through the Gender Responsive Budgeting ...

Women should be protected from violence: Central Sulawesi governor

The Central Sulawesi provincial government affirmed that women, including housewives, should be protected from all ...

Expedite sexual violence bill passage: MPR deputy speaker

Deputy Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR RI) Lestari Moerdijat has urged the House of ...

Buol district government to protect women, children from violence

Buol  District Government, in Central Sulawesi, continues to protect women and children from all sorts of physical ...

Child marriage in 21 provinces above national rate: Ministry

Lenny N. Rosalin, Gender Equality Deputy at the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection, said there are 21 ...

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 ...

Jakarta, West Java, Banten models for rights-based services: Laoly

  Jakarta, West Java, and Banten provinces will serve as role models for the development of human rights-based ...

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), ...