Indah Setiawati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) and the Jakarta administration launched a website on Friday to reach out to sexual abuse victims.

"A reliable system to respond to sexual abuse cases is long overdue. At least 35 women are subjected to sexual abuse every day, or three women every two hours," Komnas Perempuan chairwoman Yuniyanti Chuzaifah said during her speech at City Hall.

The website, kekerasanseksual.komnasperempuan.or.id, was integrated with the police and the Integrated Service Center for the Twitter account of the Empowerment of Women and Children (P2PT2A).

Yuniyanti said in the future, the website would be connected with the city's 119 emergency call center number. She said the commission would provide training for the call center's operators, so they could receive reports from the victims and act as a reference when the cases were investigated. In addition, the commission would also encourage volunteer to support the call center.

"This website aims to make it easier for victims to report cases and allow them to get quicker responses. Currently, many victims do not report their cases because they lack public information about where to report and what kind of support is available," she said.

The website contains, among other features, a video campaign titled Aku Bukan Aib (I am not a disgrace), a list of 15 categories of sexual violence and an inventory of reports on sexual abuse cases. Victims can send their reports to the website or via email. Unfortunately, there is no information on how to help the victims.

The launching of the website is in conjunction with the global campaign of 16 days of activism against gender violence from Nov. 25 to Dec. 10, which has also been carried out by 130 organizations in 26 provinces in Indonesia.

In 2012, the commission recorded 4,336 sexual abuse cases, 37 percent of which were sexual assault and rape cases. The total cases of violence against women reported that year was 211,822.

Deputy Governor Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama said he supported the website because it could provide convenient access to help for sexual abuse victims.

"I think the initiative to set up a website and email address is good because not every victim has the courage to make a call. They need to share their stories because they may be afraid to tell their parents or siblings," he said.

He said currently the 119 call center number is dedicated to healthcare services, but the city wants to extend its function for various emergency situations. In the future, it would function like the 911 emergency number in the United States.

Ahok said it would be important to have volunteers who had experience in caring for sexual abuse victims. After the system was ready, he added that operators of the 119 call center could connect the victims to the available volunteers.

He said the system for the emergency call center was expected to be set up next year.