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KPAI urges Jakarta to create safe workplaces for women
The National Commission for Child Protection (KPAI) has warned the city administration to protect civil servants, including school-age interns, from sexual harassment and assault while working at the city’s offices.
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The Central Jakarta municipality office in Tanah Abang, where a school-age intern has reported a civil servant to the police for raping her in an empty room. (beritajakarta.com/beritajakarta.com)
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The National Commission for Child Protection (KPAI) has warned the city administration to protect civil servants, including school-age interns, from sexual harassment and assault while working at the city’s offices.
“Student interns are entitled to protection, as stipulated in Article 16 of the Child Protection Law,” said KPAI commissioner Rita Pranawati.
Separately, Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Awi Setiyono said the force was investigating the recent reported rape of a 17-year-old intern at the Central Jakarta municipality office, based on a report from the victim’s mother. Initial reports from local media said the girl was assaulted by three men at the office, but only one was mentioned in the police report.
“Police have taken her skirt as evidence and accompanied her to Cipta Mangunkusumo Hospital [RSCM] in Central Jakarta for forensic examinations,” Awi said. (rez/evi)
