Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) recorded a 300 percent increase in reported cases of sexual violence against women

Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – Incest or sexual relations between blood relatives against girls is the most frequent form of sexual violence.

A 26-year-old woman in the East Java capital of Surabaya has reported a pastor at her church to the police for sexual abuse, which she claims went on for 17 years.

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Foundation of the Indonesian Women's Association for Justice (LBH APIK) has received a number of unannounced visits from police officers t

On the afternoon of Friday February 14, 20 or so women and seven men braved heavy rain to take to the streets of the East Java city of Malang to hold a One Billion rising action agains

Arya Dipa, Bandung, West Java – A rape and assault victim, aged 15, in Cimahi, West Java, passed away on Wednesday after two weeks in a coma, the victim's sibling has said.

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Producer Mira Lesmana knows that film sets could be unsafe places for women.

Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Global solidarity movement One Billion Rising (OBR) has invited people worldwide – including in Indonesia – to celebrate the upcoming Valentine's Day by j

Jakarta – The Women's Movement Alliance held a silent protest against sexual violence on campus at the Ministry of Education and Culture in South Jakarta on Monday February 10.

Jakarta – Bekasi Mayor Rahmat "Pepen" Effendi says the satellite city is mulling over a plan to install more CCTV cameras to suppress the crime rate amid rising sexual harassment in pu

The problem of sexual violence in Indonesia has reached crisis proportions, with an increasing number of cases reported each year. A bill has been introduced to tackle the issue.

Wulan Danoekoesoemo, Jakarta – Guess which Southeast Asian city has been ranked one of the most dangerous places for women?

Police in Pringsewu regency in Lampung province recently arrested a 40-year-old man for raping his 15-year-old stepdaughter, with a neighbor also suspected of raping the underage girl

A man in Bekasi, West Java became the latest sexual assault suspect for allegedly groping the breast of an unsuspecting pedestrian, joining an extensive list of other sexual predators

Caesar Akbar, Jakarta – The Law and Human Rights Minister, Yassona Laoly, together with the House of Representatives (DPR) legislation board collectively agreed on 50 bills to be inclu

Jakarta – Cabinet Secretary Pramono Anung has deplored the criminal case involving Indonesian student Reynhard Sinaga who was found guilty this week of raping more than 130 men while s

News Desk, Jakarta – The Pademangan Police in North Jakarta announced they arrested a 19-year-old man on Friday for allegedly molesting at least six boys.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Top officials at Gadjah Mada University (UGM) have protested against the huge revisions made by the rectorate to a draft sexual violence prevention regul

Jakarta – Bishops Council of Indonesia (KWI) chairman and Jakarta Archbishop Ignatius Suharyo, who was just appointed cardinal, denied any knowledge of a report of sexual abuse in the

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – "You may write me down in history, with your bitter twisted lies. You may trod me in the very dirt, but still, like dust, I'll rise."

Jakarta – State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) Minister Erick Thohir has ordered the country's SOEs to provide more protections for female employees to ensure they will no longer face sexual

The issue of sexual harassment in state-owned enterprises (SOEs) has been thrust to the spotlight in Indonesia this week following explosive allegations of Garuda Indonesia air hostess

Jakarta – For three years, dozens of women, activists and survivors of sexual violence have fought relentlessly to make Indonesia a safer place.

Dili – This morning judge Eusebio Xavier Vitor decided that an ex-priest R.D.is sent to Dili main prison in Becora for preventive detention.

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Dili – The SVD procurator general is currently visiting Timor-Leste to support victims of ex-priest R.D., who sexually abused children in his orphanage in Oecusse.

A woman behind one of the biggest sexual harassment scandals in Indonesia in the past year has retracted her accusations against the alleged culprit and apologized, according to the la

Police in Malang regency, East Java on Friday arrested a 38-year-old vocational school (SMK) teacher who has been accused of molesting 18 of his students.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – A mother in Jeneponto regency, South Sulawesi, has posted about her child's rape case on social media as the police have not yet brought the

Gemma Holliani Cahya, Jakarta – In its previous term, the House of Representatives failed to pass a bill on the elimination of sexual violence even though it was included in its priori

Victor Mambor, Jayapura – Papua Police chief Insp. Gen.

Nicky Aulia Widadio, Jakarta – A national survey by the Coalition for Safe Public Space (KRPA) has revealed that three out of five Indonesian women have experienced sexual harassment i

Gemma Holliani Cahya – These scenario and answers are based on The Jakarta Post interviews with survivors and activists, who have persistently pushed for the enactment of the sexual vi

Jakarta – A self-proclaimed healer is under fire for claiming in a video that has gone viral on social media that rape victims were to blame for their own sexual assault.

Victim-blaming has transcended the realm of the living in Indonesia.Recently, a video has gone viral online showing a self-proclaimed supernatural healer telling a spirit, which suppos

Police in West Jakarta on Saturday arrested a man who allegedly threw acid on nine women – most of them junior high school students – on three separate occasions over the past couple o

Update: Tasikmalaya Police say they have arrested the alleged semen flinger at his home on Monday afternoon.

Ganug Nugroho, Surakarta – Wonogiri Regent Joko "Jekek" Sutopo has demanded a proper criminal investigation after six alleged rapists reportedly resolved their offense through compensa

Police in Tangerang yesterday announced the recent arrest of a man suspected of raping his own teenage daughter repeatedly over the past year.

Jakarta – A Quran teacher, identified only as AI in Jatinegara, East Jakarta, is suspected of molesting seven elementary school girls.

A 47-year-old man in Surabaya, East Java, identified as Maspuryanto, was arrested for allegedly setting his 19-year-old wife, named Putri Nalurita, on fire during a dispute between the

A 24-year-old man, identified by his initials HN, has been arrested by police for allegedly sexually harassing a teenage girl aboard the KRL Commuterline train by rubbing his crotch ag

Deti Mega Purnamasari, Jakarta – The Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Violence (RUU PKS) has still not been ratified.

The Eradication of Sexual Violence Bill (RUU-PKS) may still be a long way from ratification, but the government has decided to take matters into its own hands to push for its immediate

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) Deputy, Vennetia Ryckerens Danes, asserted that the sexual violence bill (RUU PKS) must be passed immedia

Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – The Confederation of Indonesian Workers Unions (KSPI) said only 23 percent of collective labor agreements (PKB) between labors and corporations regulate case

Jakarta (Antara) – Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Susana Yembise publicly urged the House of Representatives (DPR) to pass the bill against sexual violence (R

Kuala Lumpur – Lawmakers sworn into Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday are being urged to push through a sexual violence bill to protect women from abuse that rights groups say has reac

Valda Kustarini, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) believes there is no relationship between the Draft Law on the Elimination of Sexual Vio

Evi Mariani, Jakarta – "The road was quiet with only palm trees around and it was only two of us in his car when he began to caress my thigh and slip his hand under my bottom.