Jakarta – Social Affairs Minister Khofifah Indar Parawansa has offered to provide psychosocial treatment to 41 children who were allegedly raped by a man arrested on Thursday in Sakem v

Sexual harassment has unfortunately long been a problem on Jakarta's KRL Commuterline trains, as evidenced by the existence of women-only carriages that were introduced by the train com

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – A women's rights group has said that the number of cases of violence against women and children in Yogyakarta remains alarming.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – A group of NGOs has called for greater efforts to stop rampant violence against women and children in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), after recording 119 of suc

Jakarta (New York Times) – Tunggal Pawestri says she will never forget being groped on a public bus while travelling to her high school in Jakarta, the Indonesian capital, when she was 14.

Jakarta – Starting Thursday, Jakarta's women and children will have a 112 hotline number to report abuse.

Jakarta – New York based rights group Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to order the chiefs of the National Police and Indonesian Military (TNI) to immediately ban v

In 2014 and 2015, Human Rights Watch released disturbing reports on the Indonesian military and police's use of "virginity testing" on female recruits, an abusive and anachronistic practice that ha

Maya Ayu Puspitasari, Jakarta – Sexual harassment against women continues to rise, according to data from various agencies.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women, or Komnas Perempuan, on Wednesday (15/11) stressed that the government must conclude negotiations on the Elimination of Sexual Violence

Shannon Power – An alarming majority of lesbian, bisexual and trans (LBT) people in East Timor have faced violence.

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – Activists of women's rights groups have called on National Police chief Gen.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – A 13-year-old girl from Walenrang district, Luwu regency, South Sulawesi, is psychologically unstable after being raped by 21 men in two separate locatio

Jon Afrizal, Jambi – The number of cases of violence against women and children has increased every year in Jambi, an official has said.

Jewel Topsfield, Jakarta – Almost 100 child sex offenders from Australia have tried to enter Indonesia this year, which child advocates say underscores the need for world-first new Australian laws

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Dozens of activists protested a solo painting exhibition by noted poet Sitok Srengenge at the Langit Art Space in Bantul, Yogyakarta, on Thursday evening.

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Indonesia is struggling to curb its increasing culture of sexual abuse as gang rape cases almost double in a year and child abuse is on the rise, a report says.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura, Papua – All people must be free from violence because any violence, including gender-based violence, can weaken security, undermine dignity, slow down economic develop

Jakarta – As concerns over persisting violence against women are reemerging, hundreds marched through the streets of Jakarta on Saturday (04/03) to demand an end to gender-based violence and the ab

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The UN has encouraged the Surakarta administration to strengthen its commitment to protecting children by allocating more funds for children's programs.

Paulina Quintao – A new report shows that most midwives in Timor-Leste still have little knowledge about the country's domestic violence law.

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The number of cases of violence against women increased in 2016, according to the annual report of the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan)

Jayapura, Jubi – In addition to the issue of freedom of the press is still cause for concern in Papua, Papuan women journalists face other problems that are not less alarming.

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The government needs to re-evaluate the possible use of chemical castration on those who commit sex crimes against children, as regulated in the newly passed 2016 Child Pro

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.