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Sexual & Domestic Violence

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December 13, 2006

Jakarta Post - December 13, 2006

Hera Diani, Jakarta – Women's crisis centers in Indonesia are in dire need of financial support, say women's rights activists.

December 9, 2006

Jakarta Post - December 9, 2006

Suherdjoko, Semarang – More than 30 women have died after being the victims of violence in Central Java during the past year, an activist said Friday.

November 28, 2006

Jakarta Post - November 28, 2006

Hera Diani, Jakarta – After taking on cases of violence against women for the past five years in her hometown in West Nusa Tenggara province, activist-cum-lawyer Beauty Erawati said she

May 12, 2006

Jakarta Post - May 12, 2006

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women is seeking a revision of the Criminal Code Procedures (Kuhap) to make them more gender-sensitive.

April 22, 2006

Jakarta Post - April 22, 2006

Hera Diani, Jakarta – The landmark year 1998, with the bloody May riots, the mass rape of Chinese-Indonesian women and the fall of the Soeharto regime after 32 years of authoritarian ru

March 30, 2006

Agence France Presse - March 30, 2006

Jakarta – More than 100 cases of sexual violence or harassment have been reported by Acehnese women living in camps and shelters after the 2004 tsunami, according to a report by an Indo

February 3, 2006

Kyodo News - February 3, 2006

East Timor's Interior Ministry on Friday summoned Indonesia's ambassador in Dili to express concern over the alleged rape of an East Timorese woman last month by Indonesian soldiers in

December 23, 2005

Jakarta Post - December 23, 2005

ID Nugroho, Surabaya – Her answers are barely audible and her eyes cast down at the floor as she holds tightly to the arms of her chair.

May 28, 2005

Jakarta Post - May 28, 2005

Hera Diani, Jakarta – After seven years, the reported rapes of more than 60 women, mostly Chinese-Indonesians, during the riots in May 1998 remain unresolved.

May 17, 2005

Jakarta Post - May 17, 2005

Jakarta – The draft revision of the Criminal Code has sparked new concerns about gender questions, specifically with regard to female and morality issues, a scholar said.

March 9, 2005

Jakarta Post - March 9, 2005

Hera Diani, Jakarta – What a parrot says can tell you something about its master.

January 21, 2005

Znet.com - January 21, 2005

Andre Vltchek – Mr. Peter M Baki has been interviewed while attending UNESCO EFA (Education for all) Forum for the Pacific, held in the city of Nadi in Fiji.

September 14, 2004

Jakarta Post - September 14, 2004

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives is scheduled to pass the bill on domestic violence on Tuesday, although women activists say it is not strong enough to serve as a

June 21, 2004

Jakarta Post - June 21, 2004

Luh Putu Trisna Wahyuni, Mataram – The incidence of domestic and other forms of violence against women has increased significantly in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province during the past y

June 14, 2004

Jakarta Post - June 14, 2004

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) said on Saturday that the victimization of women was on the rise in recent years.

May 10, 2004

Jakarta Post - May 10, 2004

Leony Aurora, Jakarta – "Do you know how it feels to work hard but not see any results?" asked midwife Ni Luh Sutini of Cakung public health center, East Jakarta, located near the Cakun

April 26, 2004

Jakarta Post - April 26, 2004

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Since the establishment of a special desk to handle cases of violence against women at the Jakarta Police headquarters in 1999, the number of reports filed have b

January 19, 2004

Voices Unabridged - January 19, 2004

Sophie Boudre – As violence against women is recognized as a major health concern worldwide, Timor-Leste is struggling to overcome domestic violence, which has been growing at an alarmi

December 18, 2003

Jakarta Post - December 18, 2003

Tony Hotland, Jakarta – The huge increase in the number of cases reported of rape and domestic violence against women and children is an indication of the growing level of willingness a

September 2, 2003

Kompas - September 2, 2003

Lhokseumawe – The chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara, has said that that the Komnas HAM Ad Hoc Team for Aceh will investigate

August 29, 2003

Kompas - August 29, 2003

Jakarta – The accusation that particular members of TNI [Indonesian armed forces] have committed rapes has surfaced again.

July 3, 2003

Jakarta Post - July 3, 2003

A'an Suryana, Lhokseumawe – The court martial of three soldiers for the rape of four women in Aceh will start on Friday, a court official in the North Aceh town of Lhokseumawe said on W

June 30, 2003

Agence France Presse - June 30, 2003

Three Indonesian soldiers arrested for raping four women in war-torn Aceh province have confessed to the crimes, the military said.

February 21, 2002

UNTAET Daily Briefing - February 21, 2002

Dili – UNTAET and the East Timorese government met for the first time today to discuss a joint strategy to address the domestic violence problem and ensure that different government dep

February 15, 2002

OneWorld UK - February 15, 2002

Daniel Nelson – After 25 years of brutal occupation, culminating in Indonesian-organized murder and mayhem against a referendum on independence, the world's newest country is turning th

February 6, 2002

UNTAET Daily Briefing - February 6, 2002

Dili – Representatives of UNTAET and the Government of East Timor today held a press conference in Dili as part of an ongoing campaign to eradicate domestic violence.

January 22, 2002

BBC World Service - January 22, 2002

The authorities in East Timor have launched a campaign against domestic violence, which they say is widespread in the territory.

December 26, 2001

Jakarta Post - December 26, 2001

Ati Nurbaiti – In a country where the first ever woman president stands proud, along with a few other women within the central and local governments, awareness has been raised of the is

December 4, 2001

Lusa - December 4, 2001

East Timor4s chief minister, Mari Alkatiri, has expressed concern over mounting domestic violence against women, urging his people to put an end to such practices as part of the territo

July 29, 2001

Tapol Press release - July 29, 2001

Tapol today expressed dismay at a controversial decision on Wednesday by the Dili District Court to release Dr Sergio Lobo – a surgeon at the Dili Hospital and candidate in the forthcom

March 11, 2001

Straits Times - March 11, 2001

Jakarta – Women in this city are often harassed sexually when they take the extremely crowded public trains.

November 5, 2000

Agence France Presse - November 5, 2000

Yogyakarta – Yulianti Safitri, 19, moved from one street to another across Sumatra and Java for six years until she ended up in this Indonesian royal city.

February 21, 2000

South China Morning Post - February 21, 2000

Reuters in Dili – Australian troops in East Timor have been accused of sexual harassment of local women, the second such incident since multinational troops were sent in, a force spokes

January 18, 2000

International Herald Tribune - January 18, 2000

Canberra – The commander of the multinational peacekeeping force in East Timor said Monday that he had issued a warning to his troops after a group of women complained of sexual harassm

November 21, 1997

South China Morning Post - November 21, 1997

Shocking photographs showing the alleged rape and torture of Timorese women by Indonesian soldiers were made public in Australia yesterday.