Jakarta – The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said it is important to engage men and boys in efforts to stop gender-based violence and to solve sexual and reproductive health issues.

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – An NGO activist has said Papua needs safe houses as it has quite a high incidence of violence against women and children.

Jakarta – Indragiri Hilir Police in Riau province revealed on Thursday that they had apprehended Sugito, 63, for allegedly molesting five underage girls who he taught as a religion teacher.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The number of cases of sexual violence affecting children, or those under 18 years old, has continued to rise in Yogyakarta, showing that existing measures to protect

Jakarta – Child abuse in Indonesia is on the rise and the majority of perpetrators are those close to their victims, data from the Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has shown.

Andreyka Natalegawa, Jakarta – A recent report by a United Nations agency reveals that nations across the world, including Indonesia, have made significant strides in ensuring the basic rights and

"The Indonesian armed forces should recognize that harmful and humiliating 'virginity tests' on women recruits does nothing to strengthen national security.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) recorded 12,510 cases of violence against women and children in 2014.

Ari Susanto, Jakarta – Activists have filed a pretrial motion against Sukoharjo Police for the lack of progress in the allegations of child trafficking and sexual abuse against the king of Solo, Pa

Jakarta – A legal aid foundation has lamented that a 2004 Law on Domestic Violence Eradication has not been optimally implemented despite its enactment 10 years ago.

Corry Elyda, Jakarta – Experts and activists have urged all stakeholders to pay serious attention to sexual violence against children as the number of reported cases has increased over the years.

Nurfika Osman, Jakarta – Child rights non-governmental organization Plan International and the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) on Thursday released a shocking report saying that s

Solo – Police have announced that an investigation into allegations of child trafficking and sexual abuse against the King of Solo, Pakubuwono XIII, will be discontinued due to lack of evidence.

Dewanti A. Wardhani, Jakarta – Valentine's Day is traditionally known as a day couples spend together celebrating their love.

Jakarta – Women's Empowerment and Children Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise vowed on Friday to curb domestic violence and trafficking of women, particularly in eastern Indonesia – a promis

Paulina Quintao – Women's Parliamentary Group president Josefa Alvares Pereira Soares says rural women are unfamiliar with laws prohibiting domestic violence.

Paulina Quintao – Rede Feto (RF) women's network umbrella organization and the National Directorate for Terrestrial Transportation (DNTT) launched a campaign to raise public awareness and in partic

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Cases of sexual violence against children in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) province have been increasing year after year.

Paulina Quintao – Child abandonment cases are on the rise in Timor-Leste, according to Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) director Merita Correia.

Lenny Tristia Tambun, Jakarta – The Jakarta City Council has announced plans to set up a hotline for victims of domestic abuse.

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – A number of activists and legal experts have questioned a panel of judges who have denied attempts to access information in a high-profile child abuse case implicating two

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – Watching movies, hanging out in a shopping mall or chatting in a coffee shop – these are the perceptions most people have about the ways teenagers spend their weekend, but

Estevao Nuno – The Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP) has raised awareness in schools in six districts of laws prohibiting domestic violence.

Michael Bachelard – The five Indonesian janitors accused of raping three pre-school children at the Jakarta Intercultural School have been found guilty and sentenced to seven and eight

Indra Budiari, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court declared on Tuesday that the trial in a child abuse case implicating two teachers of Jakarta Intercultural School (JIS) must co

Dili – Timor-Leste's efforts to reduce the prevalence of domestic gender-based violence through criminalization and prosecution, already hampered by a general lack of trust in the forma

Paulina Quintao – Seventeen children are currently living with their mothers at Women's Forum Communication Timor-Leste emergency accommodation, says the organization's shelter home co-

Michael Bachelard – A teacher accused of raping three pre-school aged boys has pleaded with a Jakarta court for the case against him to be thrown out.

Ari Susanto, Solo – The family of the girl who says she was drugged and raped by Pakubuwono XIII, the king of Solo in Central Java, named him in a report to police for the first time on

Michael Bachelard – After almost five months in custody, two teachers at the prestigious international school in Jakarta have been charged with multiple counts of rape against three for

Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – The trial of two Jakarta International School teachers on child sex allegations has begun with the reading of indictments, but the South Jakarta courtroom w

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – In a bid to curb rampant sexual violence in the country, the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is pushing for lawmakers to i

Sri Wahyuni and Suwastinah Atmojo, Denpasar – LBH APIK Bali, an NGO based in Denpasar, Bali, has been using a documentary on polygamy in a Balinese community, Bitter Honey, as a medium

Paulina Quintao – Alleged victims of domestic violence and sexual abuse are being forced to live for years at shelter homes as they await an outcome from Timor-Leste's lethargic justice

"The Indonesian National Police's use of 'virginity tests' is a discriminatory practice that harms and humiliates women.

Paulina Quintao – The Ministry of Justice and National Parliament have made a commitment to change the penal code to specifically outlaw incest.

Paulina Quintao – More than 100 cases of domestic violence have been left pending in the Public Ministry due to the alleged victims' reluctance to give evidence.

Venidora Oliveira – The Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP) has recommended the Ministry of Justice establish a mobile court to try sensitive cases such as the sexual abuse of min

Venidora Oliveira – Sexual abuse against minors is a major problem in Timor-Leste, according to research by the Judicial System Monitoring Program (JSMP).

Jakarta – The lawyer of a student who claims she was raped by Pakubuwono XIII is accusing police of looking for excuses to avoid implicating the king of Solo.

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Jakarta – A government survey has found that parents and other relatives are the most common perpetrators of physical violence against children.

Farouk Arnaz, Jakarta – The National Police began an investigation on Friday of a sexual assault complaint made against Riau Governor Annas Maamun.

Jakarta – Around 50 students from the University of Indonesia (UI) staged a demonstration at the Jakarta Police headquarters in South Jakarta to protest the slow investigation into a ra

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – Experts and women's activists praised on Friday the government's move to issue Government Regulation No.

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Farouk Arnaz & Bayu Marhaenjati, Jakarta – Under increasing pressure to justify charging two Jakarta International School teachers with child sexual abuse, police on Wednesday accus

Yara Murray-Atfield – Victims of gender-based violence are more aware of their rights, but work is still being done to ensure women feel more protected by domestic violence laws.

Paulina Quintao – The General Prosecutor for the Republic of Timor-Leste (PGR), Jose Ximenes said that the Public Ministry submitted a proposal for amendment of the Penal Code to the Mi

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has issued a Presidential Instruction (Inpres) outlining the government's measures to better protect children from sexual abuse