Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women has actually admired the Legal Body of the House of Representatives for guaranteeing the continued development of the sexual violence prevention expense that seeks to preserve victims’ rights.
The commission, in a press declaration provided in Jakarta on Monday, also lauded the main federal government’s choice to establish a specialized task force for advancing the sexual violence prevention expense.
To honor Human Rights Day and as part of the commission’s 16- day anti-violence against females campaign, its officials arranged a working trip to eight Indonesian provinces for conference with victims’ companions, police, college institutions, spiritual figures, and local authorities.
The provinces gone to by the females’s commission consisted of North Sumatra, West Sumatra, Riau Islands, West Java, East Nusa Tenggara, Yogyakarta, Central Java, and North Maluku, according to the press statement.
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During the meeting, the commission said, officials discovered various cases exposing the problems faced by sexual violence victims and by the authorities in decreasing the incidence of sexual violence.
According to the commission, absence of health care access and psychological help for sexual violence victims prevent victims’ healing in spite of the existence of specialized judicial procedures for dealing with violence versus ladies and active advocacy by public organizations for promoting anti-violence conduct in their areas.
Activists and local devices also highlighted the out of proportion resources offered to deal with a sudden surge in sexual violence victims seeking support from the organizations and the frequency of intimidation and criminalization of victims’ buddies, the commission stated.
The commission emphasized that activists and sexual violence victims it met expressed the exact same hope: fast finalization of the sexual violence prevention expense into law.
The sexual violence prevention costs will assure victims’ rights and encourage advocacy organizations to enhance their work for securing sexual violence victims, the commission kept in mind.
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