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Women's empowerment solution to reducing child labor, marriages – ANTARA News
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Women's empowerment solution to reducing child labor, marriages – ANTARA News

Increasing women’s empowerment can be a solution to improving child care and education and reducing violence against women and children, child labor, and child marriage Jakarta (ANTARA) – Increasing women’s empowerment can be a solution to reducing cases of child labor and child marriages, Assistant Deputy for Economic Affairs at the Women’s Empowerment and Child…

Ministry calls for end to domestic violence, child marriage – ANTARA News
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Ministry calls for end to domestic violence, child marriage – ANTARA News

Let us be brave in reporting violence and support women and children victims of violence so that they can rise and live a good life Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry campaigned for an end to domestic violence, bullying, and child marriage through a fun walk event organized in the Car…

House Speaker Urges Govt to Form Sexual Violence Task Force – Tempo.co English
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House Speaker Urges Govt to Form Sexual Violence Task Force – Tempo.co English

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR), Puan Maharani, has urged the government to form a task force to prevent cases of sexual violence at state institutions. Her request was made in response to the case of alleged sexual violence experienced by a contract-based worker at a ministry. “Anyone who commits sexual violence…

RI representatives receive guidance on handling human trafficking
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RI representatives receive guidance on handling human trafficking

Human trafficking is an extraordinary crime so it must be settled comprehensively, from upstream down to downstream. Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Consulate General in Doha, in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), recently provided technical guidance on the identification of human trafficking victims to Indonesian representatives in the Middle East. The technical guidance…

Companies can benefit from protecting the reproductive health of their workers
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Companies can benefit from protecting the reproductive health of their workers

Editor’s note: this story is included here because they show there is value in investing in their workers. This quote is worth acknowledging: “Based on research, companies that invest in worker health, including reproductive health, saw three times more productivity, 50% lower injury rates, and improved worker health.”  JAKARTA (ANTARA) – The protection and realization…

KPAI seeks solutions from fact-finding team for child-safe stadiums – ANTARA News
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KPAI seeks solutions from fact-finding team for child-safe stadiums – ANTARA News

Those are obligations enacted by our law, particularly on ticket management and appropriate accommodation and access for family supporters Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) urged the Joint Independent Fact-finding Team (TGIPF) formed for the Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy to offer solutions to ensure child safety during football matches and mass events. “I…

National Batik Day momentum to end violence: Minister Puspayoga – ANTARA News
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National Batik Day momentum to end violence: Minister Puspayoga – ANTARA News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Minister of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Bintang Puspayoga has urged all parties to use National Batik Day as a momentum to end violence against women and children. Ending violence against women and children is expected to make children’s development optimal and provide opportunities for women to optimize the potential that they…

Indonesians wait for UK farm jobs after paying deposits of up to £2500 – The Guardian
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Indonesians wait for UK farm jobs after paying deposits of up to £2500 – The Guardian

Exclusive: Workers say they have been charged to guarantee a job – which may be illegal – and have not yet had an interview. Indonesian man who paid £1,000 for UK farm job Analysis: Seasonal workers left at risk of exploitation Indonesians dreaming of working in Britain are understood to have paid deposits of up…

Indonesians wait for UK farm jobs after paying deposits of up to £2500 | Immigration and Asylum
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Indonesians wait for UK farm jobs after paying deposits of up to £2500 | Immigration and Asylum

It is understood that Indonesians who dream of working in Britain have paid deposits of up to £2,500 to the Jakarta agency to “guarantee” jobs on British farms that have yet to materialize. Labor experts say the deposit is a job search fee, which is illegal in the UK and Indonesia. One worker told the…

Police, BP2MI urged to collaborate in addressing human trafficking – ANTARA News
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Police, BP2MI urged to collaborate in addressing human trafficking – ANTARA News

Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Political, Legal, and Security Affairs Minister Mahfud MD urged the National Police to improve cooperation with National Board for Placement and Protection of Indonesian Overseas Workers (BP2MI) to suppress rampant cases of human trafficking. “I urge the police to improve cooperation with the National Board for the Placement and Protection of…