Eradication of Sexual Violence in Indonesia
By: Gracia Marchelly March 15, 2022 The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) released a report in 2019 that revealed Indonesia's rising rate of sexual violence. The commission had received 4,500 reports of violence against women during the January - October 2021 period. In comparison to 2020, the figure shows that the number of reports has doubled. T he report also recorded a 14 percent increase in cases of violence against women to a total of 406,178 cases. Those are red flags and we need to stop sexual violence against women now! (Sagala, 2020). The government has always been committed to ending sexual violence and has never given up. The Law on the Elimination of Domestic Violence, the Law on the Crime of Human Trafficking, and the Law on Child Protection are just a few of the rules that have been established. Bintang Puspayoga, Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA), stated that while vari...
