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Komnas Perempuan meets Jokowi, calls for end to discriminatory bylaws
President Joko âJokowiâ Widodo received the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) on Friday, discussing several womenâs rights issues, including rising discrimination and the request to ratify several laws that would help womenâs rights
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resident Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo received the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) on Friday, discussing several women's rights issues, including rising discrimination and the request to ratify several laws that would help women's rights.
Among the things discussed with the President included the concerns over rising cases of violence against women and an urging to abolish 365 bylaws deemed discriminatory against women, especially in Aceh and West Java.
'Regarding discriminatory laws, the President has asked the Cabinet secretary to arrange a meeting between the commission and the Home Affairs minister, as it is the relevant institution to answer those concerns,' Komnas Perempuan said in statement obtained by The Jakarta Post on Saturday.
The commission also asked the former Jakarta governor to speed up the implementation of several laws, including the Sexual Violence Eradication Law and the Domestic Worker Protection Law, as well as to ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) convention 189 and the revision of the Indonesian Migrant Worker Protection Law.
There were also calls to increase the funding of the commission.
Komnas Perempuan said that it only received Rp 10 billion (US$766,885) annually, which in comparison represents only 5 percent of the funds allotted to the Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM), while it actually needed Rp 40 billion a year.
Both President Jokowi and Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise supported the funding request.
Minister Yohana also said that her ministry will hold monthly meetings with the commission to synergize in solving women's rights issues in the archipelago. (dyl/nfo)
