Grace Nadia Chandra, Jakarta – Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Nadiem Makarim has declared sexual violence on campuses in Indonesia a critical emergency, as the
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November 13, 2021
Indriani, Raka Adji, Jakarta – Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Anwar Makarim has emphasized that his ministry has never supported the practice of free love
Devi Nindy SR, Nabil Ihsan, Jakarta – Chairwoman of the National Commission on Violence Against Women Andy Yentriyani reiterated that the recently enforced ministerial regulation on sex
November 12, 2021
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Minister of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology, Nadiem Makarim, said the issuance of the ministerial regulation No.
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November 11, 2021
Jakarta – The chairperson of the country's peak Islamic body, the Indonesia Ulama Council (MUI), Cholil Nafis, is asked for the removal of problematic articles in the Education, Culture
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – More than 45 academics from a wide array of campuses on Thursday voiced their support for the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister's Act No.
November 10, 2021
Jakarta – The move by Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim to issue a ministerial regulation to prevent and overcome sexual violence at higher education i
November 9, 2021
It's not Indonesia if there's no pushback from conservatives when progressive rules are passed, and a set of regulations by the Education Ministry designed to protect students from sexu
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute of the Indonesian Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK) opined that the Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Ministerial Regu
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The directorate general of higher education, research, and technology on Tuesday responded to criticism aimed at the Education Minister's Regulation that focuses
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Religious Affairs Minister Yaqut Qolil Qoumas in a written statement on Tuesday advocated the sexual violence prevention and handling act (PPKS) No.
November 4, 2021
Friski Riana, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) legislator from the Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) Ledia Hanifa Amaliah on Thursday urged the Minister of Education to revoke the
October 27, 2021
Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Education, Culture, and Technology Ministry Nadiem Makarim in early September introduced regulation No.
October 21, 2021
The Aceh Provincial Police has denied allegations that cops turned away a woman who was reporting a rape attempt because she was unvaccinated, as reported by an advocacy group.
October 12, 2021
A high school teacher in North Sulawesi province's South Minahasa regency is getting just an administrative sanction for groping the breast of a student, as seen in photos of the abuse
October 8, 2021
Tatang Guritno, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawat says that that sexual violence cases are often not handled properly by law enforcement officials.
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – An Indonesian public journalism initiative, Project Multatuli, was digitally attacked and its website brought down within hours of publishing a report on alleged p
October 7, 2021
Antara, Jakarta – The Institute of Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) criticized the police for revealing the identity of a woman who reported that her children had been raped.
October 5, 2021
Jakarta – Based on a report by the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) since 2020, the number of reports of cases of sexual violence has risen dramatically
October 1, 2021
The Tangerang City Police is set to sanction a traffic police officer after a woman alleged that he sent inappropriate messages to her after he pulled her over for a ticket.
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The United Nations and a Catholic charity group have teamed up with religious institutions in Timor-Leste to tackle domestic violence.
September 15, 2021
Friski Riana, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has summoned the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (KPI) and the Central Jakarta police related to the bull
September 8, 2021
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The sexual violence criminal bill was expected to complete by this year, said Willy Aditya as the Legislation Body (Baleg) deputy chairman of the House o
September 6, 2021
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September 3, 2021
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition Against Sexual Violence (KOMPAKS) says that as many as 85 articles have been removed in the process of changing the title of the Draft Law on the E
September 2, 2021
M Yusuf Manurung, Jakarta – Bekasi City PSI Party chairperson Tanti Herawati called for law enforcers to severely punish the man identified as AT who allegedly committed the heinous act
An employee at the Indonesian Broadcast Commission (KPI) has come forward with explosive claims detailing years of bullying and sexual harassment in the hands of his colleagues, prompti
August 30, 2021
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A defrocked American priest on trial in Timor-Leste for allegedly sexually abusing minors is also facing legal proceedings in his home country.
August 27, 2021
Aila Slisco – A former Catholic priest was indicted this week by a federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., for the alleged sexual abuse of children at a "shelter home" he founded abroad
August 25, 2021
Muhammad Z, Suharto, Jakarta – Cases of violence against women have spiked significantly in Indonesia amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Commission on Anti-Violence against Women
August 23, 2021
Theo Kelen, Jayapura – Director of the Indonesian Women's Legal Aid Institute for Justice (LBH APIK) Jayapura Nur Aida Duwila said reports of sexual violence against children in Papua c
August 21, 2021
Ryan Dagur – A Society of the Divine Word (SVD) official has denied allegations of "conspiracy" and "false accusations" against Richard Daschbach, who was dismissed from the priesthood
August 13, 2021
Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – Rights groups have welcomed the abolishment of the controversial "two-finger test", a virginity test that had long been a requirement for female recruits to join
August 6, 2021
Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – Human rights organisations have welcomed the Indonesian army's apparent decision to end the "abusive" and long-criticised "virginity testing" of female r
The year is 2021, and yet some people still think that body shaming others in public is a funny thing to do.
August 5, 2021
Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies, Singapore – The Indonesian navy and air force face renewed calls to cease invasive "virginity tests" for female recruits after the country's army indic
August 3, 2021
Andreas Harsono – Indonesian Army Chief Gen.
July 27, 2021
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Dili Archdiocese in Timor-Leste is to work closely with international Christian humanitarian and development organization World Vision in assisting families in rur
Putu Indah S, Nabil Ihsan – For GH, a sexual violence survivor, the trauma of further harassment after reporting the assault has been unimaginably intense.
July 25, 2021
Putu Savitri, Fadhli Ruhman, Jakarta – The Penal Code (KUHP) does not yet provide adequate protection to women victims of sexual violence, Commissioner of the National Commission on Wom
July 24, 2021
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Timor-Leste's top churchman has called on priests and religious to respect the Vatican's decision to dismiss a priest for sexual abuse and asked them to support hi
July 23, 2021
Antara, Jakarta – The head of the work committee (Panja) on the sexual violence eradication bill (RUU PKS), Willy Aditya, said that the bill will cover sexual violence in the digital re
July 14, 2021
Chris Barrett, Singapore – A defrocked Catholic priest accused of systematic child abuse in East Timor has been reported to police for allegedly threatening to kill the human rights law
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A defrocked priest in Timor-Leste on trial for sexual abuse has been accused of threatening to kill the lawyer of his alleged victims.
July 6, 2021
Police in Boyolali, Central Java is pursuing an impostor clinic worker who has been asking women for nudes with the pretense of medical evaluation after they received their COVID-19 jab
June 29, 2021
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Police have arrested a 56-year-old man in Indonesia's East Nusa Tenggara province for allegedly raping a child inside a Catholic church.
June 26, 2021
Chris Ray – Nona was born in a dirt-floor hut in a East Timor highland village, where hungry children grow up stunted and wise men see omens in the flight of birds.
June 23, 2021
The heinous case of a police officer who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl while she was at a police station in North Maluku has led to renewed calls to pass the sexual violence eradic
June 11, 2021
Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – The sex abuse trial of an ex-priest in Timor-Leste has been put on hold for a fifth time after a bid to hold the hearing by video link was stopped due to "technica