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Jakarta – The Ministry for the Empowerment of Women and Protection of Children (KPPPA) says that as many as 30 percent of women consider it normal to be hit by their husbands for being negligent in their home duties.
KPPPA Secretary Pribudiarta Nur Sitepu explained that this is one of the (...)
Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta — The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) says that the number of reported cases of sexual violence against women in Indonesia continues to increase every year.
Komnas Perempuan Chairperson Andy Yentriyani revealed that based on the (...)
Jakarta — A range of inter-religious leaders, activists and domestic workers (PRT) banged pots and pans as a way to push the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) to immediately ratify the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT).
The pots and pans action, which (...)
Jakarta — The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is disappointed that the Draft Law on Sexual Violence Crimes (RUU TPKS, formally the RUU PKS) will not be taken to the final House of Representatives (DPR) plenary meeting for 2021, after which the House will go into (...)
Jakarta — The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is organising a 16 Day Anti-Violence Against Women campaign. This year, Komnas Perempuan will take up the theme “Act together, enact a legal umbrella to eliminate sexual violence which sides with the victims.”
The (...)
The National Commission on Violence Against Women with a network of Indonesian civil society organisations has directed its peacebuilding effort towards the proposition of an Elimination of Sexual Violence Bill through advocacy. It was initiated in 2012. In 2016, the commission and Service (...)
Andika Perkasa, the Indonesian army chief of staff, tells reporters that ’virginity tests’ of female recruits no longer happens
The Indonesian army has ended a controversial practice of virginity tests on women who apply to become cadets, according to its chief of staff, a move welcomed by (...)
Tiara Azzahra, Jakarta — On March 8 protesters held a long-march from the central business district on Jalan MH Thamrin to the State Palace in Central Jakarta to commemorate International Women’s Day (IWD) 2021.
At around 10 am the demonstrators carrying banners taking up women’s issues began to (...)
Jakarta. Women’s Anti-Violence Movement, or Gerak Perempuan, an alliance of non-government organizations and civil society groups, recently pointed out that violence against women in Indonesia is a systemic problem and that the government is not doing enough to fight it.
Gerak Perempuan reads (...)
A controversial bill on family resilience includes a provision of six months of paid maternity leave for female workers, but only for those working in government offices, regional administrations, and state-owned or region-owned enterprises.
Article 29 of the draft bill, a copy of which has (...)
The family resilience bill also orders women to take care of all household responsibilities.
Politicians from four of Indonesia’s leading political parties are backing a controversial “family resilience” bill to assist families in crisis.
The bill, introduced Wednesday, outlaws surrogacy and (...)
Sari, a 32-year-old garment factory worker, relies on over-the-counter painkillers just to get through the day. Her problem is not in the workplace, it’s at home, with her abusive husband.
Sari, who lives in Jakarta, said her work was affected whenever she had a scuffle with him.
“I cry and (...)
The COVID-19 crisis is exacerbating gender inequality in global supply chains. Because COVID-19 has hit low-paid manufacturing sectors where women work in large proportions, these consequences are not gender-neutral. The ILO reports, for example, that 2 out of 5 workers in the Asia-Pacific (...)
The Enact the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence Alliance (Aliansi Sahkan RUU PKS) again took to the streets of the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Tuesday August 4. This month the Alliance is taking up the theme “Freedom from Sexual Violence, Enact the RUU PKS”.
The rally, which (...)
On Tuesday July 7, the Women’s Anti-Violence Movement (Gerak Perempuan), which is an alliance of dozens of organisations and individuals, held a protest action in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta.
The organisations make up Gerak Perempuan include the Indonesian (...)
It was love at first like. When Natta Reza, a dashing Indonesian busker, discovered the young woman’s account on Instagram, he knew he’d found the one. He liked one of her posts, and they started chatting. Within hours he had proposed via an Instagram message. They married soon after, in February (...)
In an alternate universe, you are an Indonesian woman who is sexually abused by your husband.
You’ve had enough.
You want to run away and seek help. You decide to…
These scenario and answers are based on The Jakarta Post interviews with survivors and activists, who have persistently pushed for (...)
Activists want lawmakers to revive a sexual violence bill that has languished for years due to conservative opposition
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Lawmakers sworn into Indonesia’s parliament on Tuesday are being urged to push through a sexual violence bill to protect (...)
When the votes were counted in Indonesia’s 2019 elections, women activists had one thing to welcome: the number of women in national parliament had increased to 20.4%, up from 17.3% in 2014. Many feminists welcomed this progress, hoping that the greater presence of women would contribute to more (...)
Thousands of people marched from Jl. Sudirman to the National Monument (Monas) in Jakarta on Saturday for the 2019 Women’s March to support women’s rights and commemorate the birthday of Kartini, the country’s national heroine and women empowerment icon.
People of different genders, occupations (...)
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