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New law has encouraged more to report sexual violence, says Komnas Perempuan
Komnas Pereumpuan's 2023 report has found an increasing trend in reported incidents of sexual violence, which it attributed primarily to the 2022 Sexual Violence Law, but it also acknowledged the data was limited to reported cases.
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People take part in a march in Jakarta on March 8, 2024, International Women’s Day, to demand that the government give more attention to gender-based violence. (Antara/Asprilla Dwi Adha)
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ast year saw a shift in the types of gender-based violence reported, likely due to the 2022 Law on the Eradication of Sexual Violence, according to the latest annual report from the National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) released on Thursday, the eve of International Women’s Day.
The report found that more people had reported sexual harassment in online and offline spaces in 2023, the year after the Sexual Violence Law was enacted.
Komnas Perempuan received almost 800 reports on online and physical sexual harassment last year, around four times the 200 reported rape cases it received over the same period.
Before 2023, rape cases had dominated the types of gender-based violence reported to Komnas Perempuan, its commissioner Andy Yentriyani said on Thursday.
The commission also noted a significant increase of 44 percent in cases of violence against women in public spaces, while the figure surged 176 percent in cases of state violence against women.
The latter category includes violence against women by police officers and military personnel, such as against female human rights activists and women in the custody of law enforcement agencies.
“State violence [against women] mainly revolve around conflicts related to natural resources [and] agrarian and spatial planning issues,” Andy said.
