Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police Chief Gen.

Anita Permata, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The government's problem inventory list (IDM) for the sexual violence bill (RUU TPKS) has been completed, Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child P

An owner of a warteg (a modest stall or kiosk selling budget meals) in the industrial area of Cikarang, West Java's Bekasi regency, was the target of a mob's wrath after he was accused

Mutia Fauzia, 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 husba

Hreeloita Dharma, Raka Adji, Jakarta – Commissioner of the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) Maria Ulfah Anshor has said that domestic violence involves a

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Jessica Vincentia Marpaung – The newly released, award-winning movie Photocopier has given a glimpse into the elusiveness of sexual violence in Indonesia.

A doctor in Semarang, Central Java was sentenced to six months in prison today for indecency – and being downright gross.

Maya Ayu Puspitasari, Jakarta – The Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) recorded an increase in requests for protection in cases of sexual violence against children throughout 2

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – It is every parent's worst nightmare.

Antara, Jakarta – Six non-governmental organizations (NGOs) under Indonesia Joining Forces (IJF) have urged the government to include forced marriage in the problem inventory list (DIM)

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Ministry for the Empowerment of Women and Protection of Children (KPPPA) recorded tens of thousands of cases of violence against children and women thro

Indri Maulidar, Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) on Tuesday has finally proposed the draft bill on sexual violence criminal offences (RUU TPKS) in a plenary meeting led by H

Indri Maulidar, Jakarta – A number of factions in the House of Representatives (DPR) wanted the bill on sexual violence crime (RUU TPKS) to also regulate adultery and LGBT – which they

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Maya Ayu Puspitasari, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) faction said it would approve the sexual violence crime bill or RUU TPKS on conditions that the bill is ratified along

Hellena Souisa – After stalling for almost a decade, Indonesia's House of Representatives is expected to debate a bill on sexual violence next Tuesday.

Friski Riana, Jakarta – A member of the House of Representatives (DPR) from the POKS Party Kurniasih Mufidayati, said that the party will insist on standing against the sexual violence

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 cont

Dewi Nurita, Jakarta – The Executive Office of the President (KSP), in a meeting with Religious Affairs Ministry representative on Wednesday, January 13, 2022, has urged the Ministry to

Komnas Perempuan (National Commission on Violence Against Women) has revealed a damning statistic on sexual violence in the country, in a bid to pressure legislators to pass a bill that

Indri Maulidar, Jakarta – The Prosperous Justice Party or PKS faction still insisted on rejecting the ratification of the sexual violence crime bill (RUU TPKS) over the lack of policy p

Anita P D, Resinta S, Jakarta (ANTARA) – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga lauded the steps by Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Na

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The national task force on the sexual violence crime bill (RUU TPKS) chairman Eddy Hiariej shared optimism that the bill will be completed soon as his side had h

Prosecutors in a serial rape case involving an Islamic school teacher in West Java demanded the most severe punishments possible for the defendant for what they see as one of the most h

Jakarta – A member of the Islamic based Justice and Prosperity Party (PKS) faction in the House of Representatives (DPR), Sukamta, touched on a speech by Indonesian Democratic Party of

Antara, Bandung – An Islamic boarding school teacher in West Java was recommended a death sentence on Tuesday for charges of raping at least 13 students and impregnating some of them.

Rieka Rahadiana and Arys Aditya – Indonesia's parliament will resume deliberation of a bill against sexual harassment on Tuesday, as President Joko Widodo pushes to conclude a legislati

Muhammad Zulfikar, Raka Adji, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has urged the government to ratify the sexual violence bill (RUU TPKS) into law without dela

Putu Indah, Raka Adji, Jakarta – There has been an increase in reports of sexual violence on campus, the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has revealed.

Antara, Jakarta – House of Representatives (DPR) legislation body (Baleg) deputy Willy Aditya on Wednesday predicts the Sexual Violence Bill (RUU TPKS) has the potential to be deliberat

Friski Riana, Jakarta – Former commissioner for the national commission for child protection (KPAI) Erlinda argues that President Joko Widodo's statement regarding the Sexual Violence B

Anita P D, Mecca Yumna, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has recorded a significant increase in the number of cases of violence against wom

Mirza Bagaskara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) said cases of sexual violence against children in educational buildings or schools are still rife.

Tri Meilani A, Fadhli Ruhman, Jakarta – On December 16, the sexual violence prevention bill (RUU TPKS) failed to be brought to the House of Representatives' (DPR's) plenary meeting of t

Anita Permata Dewi, Fadhli R, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has urged the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government to ratify th

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Jakarta – The Women's Rights Sexual Violence Victims Defense Network is urging the House of Representatives (DPR) to immediately designate the Draft Law on Sexual Violence Crimes (RUU T

Antonio Sampaio in Oecusse, Timor-Leste – Defrocked American priest Richard Daschbach, 82, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crimes of sexual abuse of orphaned and vulner

A court in East Timor has jailed a defrocked American priest for 12 years after he was charged with sexually abusing several orphaned and disadvantaged girls in his care.

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – A court in Timor-Leste has sentenced a defrocked American priest to 12 years in prison for sexually abusing young orphaned and underprivileged girls in his care.

Antara, Jakarta – The recently enforced ministerial regulation on sexual violence prevention and handling is encouraging victims to speak up, seek help, and file a report, stated legal

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – A public organization named the Alliance of Boarding School Students City Against Sexual Violence urged the East Java Regional Police to arrest a suspect of sex

Switzy Sabandar, 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

Jakarta – For more than five years, Herry Wirawan, the principal of a girls-only Islamic boarding school in Bandung, West Java, has allegedly raped students in his charge.

The Jakarta Metro Police has arrested a Quran teacher in Beji, Depok on suspicion of molesting 10 young girls – all of whom are his students.

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Women's Commission said that the rape of 13 female students in an Islamic boarding school in Bandung is evident that Indonesia (RI) is in dire nee

Ryan Dagur, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Council for Catholic Education has published a book on the prevention and handling of sexual abuse in response to Pope Francis' commitment to

Antara, Jakarta – Victims of online gender-based violence (GBV) can experience psychological and material losses, Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (SAFEnet) Executive Direct

Antara, Jakarta – The increase in internet use amid the COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the risk of online gender-based violence (GBV), Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministe