Palu – The number of cases of violence against women and children in Central Sulawesi this year had reached 305 as of October, already more than double the 117 recorded in 2015, according to the Ce

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Domestic violence remains rampant in rural Java, with one in two women in Bantul regency, Yogyakarta, suffering emotional, physical or sexual abuse from their partner

A woman from East Timor spoke out about her experience of being forced to serve as a "comfort woman" by the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, as she visited Japan for the first time earli

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) will begin a 16-day campaign against gender-based violence on Friday with a call on lawmakers to speed up deliberation

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is calling on the House of Representatives to immediately deliberate a sexual violence bill and pass it into a law.

Dili – Today, thirteen influential leaders, including from government, institutions, and civil society, signed a Charter declaring their commitment to preventing violence against women and children

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The promotion of child protection in the country has been facing hurdles thanks to the lack of coordination across various government institutions responsible for the issu

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Health in collaboration with international agencies is developing guidelines for health personnel to help provide better assistance to victims of gender-based viol

Samantha Hawley, Indonesia – In Indonesia, one Australian takes it on herself to begin counting the number of women violently killed by their husbands and partners across the archipelago each year.

Jakarta – Amnesty International calls for the Indonesian government to revoke provisions of chemical castration and the death penalty as punishment for sex offenders following the recent endorsemen

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Jakarta-based Human Rights Working Group (HRWG) has deplored the passage law (Perppu) on child protection into law by the House of Representatives that stipulates

Indonesia's authorities must immediately repeal provisions that allow sex offenders to be punished by forced chemical castration and even the death penalty, Amnesty International said today.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Despite the outcry from rights activists, the House of Representatives has passed a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on child protection that allows for sex offe

Jakarta – The police have arrested a Muslim cleric, identified as Ahmad "Aman" Suryadi, 29, for allegedly sexually assaulting several students in the Yayasan Titipan Ilahi Muslim boarding school in

Lita Aruperes, Manado – Reports of sexual violence cases in North Sulawesi has increased from 199 for the whole of 2015 to 261 cases from only January until September this year, data from a NGO sho

Jakarta – Rizky Azmi, 24, was publicly humiliated recently after allegedly being caught sexually assaulting a female passenger on a commuter line (KRL) train traveling from Duri Station, West Jakar

Jakarta – The discovery of an online prostitution ring involving nearly 150 boys in Bogor, West Java, has raised concerns over the growing threat facing Indonesian children in the age of social med

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The House of Representatives postponed the passage of regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) No.

Anton Hermansyah, Jakarta – As a result of an increase in rape cases, the government has opened a 24-hour call center to receive reports of rape.

Agnes Anya, Jakarta – The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) has urged the police not to issue investigation termination warrants (SP3) in the alleged sexual assault of an intern

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have made the details of the investigation into the rape allegation from an intern at the Central Jakarta municipality office public.

Paulina Quintao – Increased reporting of domestic violence cases and the establishment of more shelters are the two major achievements during the implementation of the national action plan on gende

The government's response in the wake of a spate of rape and murder of young women and children this year has been widely welcomed by the public in general, but concerns remain about th

Panca Nugraha and Suherdjoko, Mataram/Semarang – Indonesia on Saturday celebrated National Children's Day (HAN) with a renewed commitment to stop violence against children and to reduce the number

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Social Solidarity (MSS) has acknowledged that it was difficult for victims of sexual abuse, particularly incest, to return to their families and society.

Jakarta – The government has recently submitted a regulation allowing tougher punishment, including chemical castration, for child sex offenders to the House of Representatives, a minister has conf

Jakarta – Data released by the National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas PA) suggests that the majority of the 40 gang rape cases that occurred from April 2015 to May 2016 had been carried o

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The government will not back down from its plan to castrate child rapists despite the country's doctors' association refusing to conduct the procedure.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) says there is an urgent need to pass a sexual violence bill into law as many crimes cannot be processed due to loophol

Jakarta – The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has dismissed the Indonesian Doctors Association's refusal to carry out chemical castration, a mooted punishment for sex offenders, an official said on

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Emma Fulu Freelance – A recent study conducted by The Asia Foundation found that 3 in 5 ever-partnered women aged 15 to 49 in Timor-Leste had experienced physical or sexual violence by a husband or

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A recent string of rape cases has yet to shake things up in the country's police forces, which still tend to delay responding to victims' reports, leading to evidence that

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Lawmaker Fanny Afriansyah, also known as Ivan Haz, was dismissed on Thursday from the House of Representatives.

Suherdjoko and Andi Hajramurni, Semarang/Makassar – The government's hard-line approach to sexual violence against children has failed to discourage the brutality as more rape cases have occurred t

Jakarta – The government's response to rampant sexual violence against children has been given a mixed reception by activists as well as by victims and their families.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Rights activists have slammed the government's regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on sexual violence against children, saying it focuses on punishing offenders wit

Jakarta – While law enforcers and experts have come out in support of the regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on sexual violence against children, others have proposed alternative solutions to curb

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – The government's intention to impose harsh punishments on perpetrators of child sexual abuse, as stipulated in a new regulation in lieu of law (Perppu), has gained wi

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Indonesia's harsh new punishments for child sex offenders – including the death penalty and chemical castration – represent something of a pyrrhic victory for women's adv

Syamsul Huda M. Suhari, Gorontalo – Gorontalo Police are dropping the investigation into the alleged gang rape of a 19-year-old woman from Manado, North Sulawesi, because of a lack of evidence.

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – The police have asserted their readiness to implement a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on sexual violence against children that includes tougher sentences f

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Child sex offenders could be executed or chemically castrated in Indonesia under a crackdown following the brutal gang rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl.

Erika Anindita Dewi, Jakarta – A House of Representatives lawmaker has criticized the government's inaction on aiding the recovery of victims of sexual crimes, pointing out that the newly signed re

Liza Yosephine, Jakarta – The plan to punish sex offenders using chemical castration has created a heated debate among government officials and civil society alike, raising questions on the efficac

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Calls are mounting for the government to introduce sex education into schools nationwide with the legislature throwing its support behind the cause, as anger and frust

Ayomi Amindoni, Jakarta – The government, spurred by a recent sexual abuse case, will submit a regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) on sexual violence against children that contains harsher punishmen

Paulina Quintao – The increase in domestic violence cases has been linked to rising levels of polygamy and infidelity in the country.

Jakarta – Child advocates on Saturday (07/05) warned the government to take serious preventative action against child sex crimes, rather than focusing on law revisions imposing harsher personalitie

Liza Yosephine – The recent case of the gang rape and murder of a junior high schoolgirl in a remote village in Bengkulu has gathered hundreds of people in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, to speak up