Indonesian Catholic schools move to tackle sexual abuse
High-profile cases prompt educators, govt to team up to provide better protection for children from predators
Andy Yentriyani, chairwoman of the National Commission on Violence Against Women, and Franciscan Father Vinsensius Darmin Mbula sign an MoU on April 8 to tackle sexual abuse in schools. (Photo supplied)
A high-profile sexual abuse case in which altar boys in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta were assaulted by a church worker was a wake-up call for Indonesia’s Catholic schools to look at ways to better protect students from such predators, according to educators.
The case the first involving sexual abuse within the Indonesian Catholic Church brought to a civil court saw the perpetrator, Syahril Marbun, jailed for 15 years for raping two altar boys.
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Online violence against women up amid pandemic: minister 8th March 2021
Minister of Women s Empowerment and Child Protection, I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati, speaks with the Antara Podcast Team during a visit to the LKBN Antara Editorial Office, Wisma Antara, Jakarta, on March 2, 2021. (ANTARA PHOTOS / Sigid Kurniawan / wsj) Jakarta (ANTARA) - Minister of Women s Empowerment and Child Protection, I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati, has said cases of online violence against women have increased with the rise in use of information technology amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Cases of violence are increasingly having various modes, the risk of online violence against women is increasing along with the increasing use of information technology during the pandemic, Minister Bintang Darmawati said while opening a webinar entitled ‘Protect Women from Violence - Dare to Speak Up’ in Jakarta on Monday.