Gender-Inclusive Monitoring Helps Ensure Women's Issues Are Not Ignored in Regional Election

... district head candidates vying for election to accommodate women's interests. Anis ... ," she said. According to the National Commission for Women's 2019 annual report, West ... . According to data from the National Commission for Women, there are at least 235 ...

How Social Restrictions Can Trigger Domestic Violence

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Keep Calm and Puff Away: Indonesian Smokers Unfazed by Coronavirus

... he said. The National Tobacco Control Commission, the Association of Indonesian ... Smokers are at high risk for heart and respiratory diseases, ... Indonesia are at high risk for Covid-19," N. Paranietharan ... 3.6 percent of Indonesian women smoke, the data showed. ...

Violence Against Women in Indonesia Is Systemic and the Government Is Not Doing Enough to Unravel It: Rights Activists

... enough to fight it. The National Commission for Women's annual report in 2019 ... inside the home. In the National Commission for Women's report, domestic violence is ... of stereotyping and discrimination against women. "For instance, a patriarchal job market ...

Indonesia Seeks to Slash Child Marriage Rate to 8.7 Pct

... Anshor, a commissioner of the National Commission for Women, said the compulsory education ... The National Development Planning Ministry, or Bappenas, and the Women Empowerment ... and Child Protection Ministry launched the national strategy ...

Victims' Families Heap Pressure on Komnas HAM to Solve Human Rights Cases

... called on the National Human Rights Commission, or Komnas HAM ... Amnesty International and the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims ... Thousands of Chinese-Indonesian women were raped and murdered ... Choirul Anam said the commission remains committed to solve ...

Child-Oriented NGOs Launch Joint Anti-Violence Campaign

... a standard operating procedure for education institutions and central ... had missed the deadline for submitting its quinquennial report ... Protection Commission (KPAI), the National Commission for Human Rights (Komnas HAM) and the National Commission for Women ...

Women No Longer Just Making Up the Numbers in National Legislatures

Jakarta. The General Elections Commission, or KPU, says there has ... in the number of women representatives in the national legislatures after the ... number of elected women candidates has increased for both the House of ...

Newly Elected KPK Deputy Supports Oversight of Antigraft Agency

... elected commissioners of the national antigraft agency, said she ... revision of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Law, which sparked ... dealt with private matters with women," Lili said. "That ... as new KPK commissioners for 2019-2023. Despite opposition ...

House Puts Sexual Violence Bill on Hold Until Next Term

... protection of women across the country. For example, Indonesia ... compiled by the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan ... after several activists pushed for its approval last year ... would provide a loophole for sexual intercourse outside ...