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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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

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

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

Paulina Quintao – The numbers of domestic violence victims accessing formal justice has increased since last year, according to Psychosocial Recovery and Development in Timor-Leste (PRADET).

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

Erika Anindita Dewi – Reports of rampant sexual violence against women and girls have not motivated lawmakers to bring forward deliberations of a sexual violence bill, arguing that there are many o

Margareth S. Aritonang – Public ignorance and poor law enforcement have made children vulnerable to crime, particularly rape, a child protection activist has said.

Rights activists are calling on the government to immediately pass the sexual violence bill, having deemed the bill crucial to protect women from such crime.

Corry Elyda – Dian Riski Rosmayanti, a 25-year-old worker, already felt dizzy when she got to the women-only train car that would transport her from Depok to her office in Pasar Baru, Central Jakar

Venidora Oliveira – Research conducted by the Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP) research in 2015 has found that 34% of Timor-Leste girls are victims of sexual violence.

Venidora Oliveira – PRADET said it plans to build more women's shelters in Baucau municipality in 2016 to assist victims of domestic violence.

Djemi Amnifu, Kupang – Tradition has been blamed for the increase in the number of domestic violence cases against women and children in North Central Timor (TTU) regency, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT),

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Sragen, Central Java – The Sragen Police in Central Java have arrested Sukamto, 52, and his wife, Wiji Lestari, 47, for forcing a 15-year-old girl, identified as RS, to walk arou

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has named Jakarta the province with the highest rate of criminal cases involving children, both as victims and perpetrator

Palu – Cases of violence against women had not declined in Palu, Central Sulawesi, in the past seven years, mostly as a result of economic problems, an official said on Tuesday.

Jakarta – A child protection advocacy group has recorded nearly 3,000 reports of child abuse throughout the year, of which almost 60 percent were sexual assault and abuse cases.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has criticized the nation's media for failing to exercise sensitivity in reporting on sexual abuse cases,

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Hans Nicholas Jong, National – In commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women on Nov.

Paulina Quintao – The President of Women's Association for Manatuto Municipality (AFM) Clara de Carvalho Ximenes said its members are working with municipal based child protection officials to deli

Paulina Quintao – The Director of the Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) Program Merita Correia said they have prepared five lawyers to provide assistance to victims of gender based v

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police has said it will appoint 10,000 spots across Jakarta to monitor child abuse, after several cases of violence against children made headlines recently.

Paulina Quintao – The Executive Director of the Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) Merita Correia said in 2014, 46% of cases it received pertained to cases of 16 year old girls who we

Jakarta – The Central Jakarta Police have confirmed that the family of an allegedly raped child had to pay for a forensic examination themselves because the 3-year-old victim was not a participant

Jakarta – The parents of DA, a 3-year-old rape victim, said on Friday that they had been asked to pay Rp 1.2 million (US$81.7) by a policewoman from the Central Jakarta Police women and children's

Jakarta – The United Nations Children's Fund's Indonesia office has been focusing on factors such as child development, social policy, education, communication and child protection, key objectives

New York – The Indonesian military should take all necessary and appropriate action to prevent abuses by its personnel and hold human rights violators accountable, Human Rights Watch sa

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The Singapore High Court has awarded material compensation for the Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) and two of its teachers in a defamation case against the mother of one

Jakarta – Forensic experts are urging law enforcers to heed results of scientific examinations by credible professionals in order to avoid charging innocent people in child sexual abuse cases.