Indonesia: Stopping sexual abuse in humanitarian work 29 December, 2020 - 09:00
Country: Indonesia Source: United Nations Population Fund
When home is not a safe place, survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) may turn to services that provide protection through counseling and safe spaces. But if the spaces that are supposed to be safe and the people who are supposed to help them in turn harm them further, where can they go to seek refuge?
“As GBV service providers, we are supposed to give our best services (to survivors of violence). We cannot turn into the perpetrator,” Wiwik Andayani, Head of the Center of Integrated Services for the Empowerment of Women and Children (P2TP2A) Jakarta, said firmly.