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View all search resultsA game changer to the ‘pandemic’ of sexual violence in universities
A careful look into the data of Komnas Perempuan and the police will show that sexual violence is a critical matter that demands an immediate and real solution.
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In solidarity: A student of Yogyakarta-based Gadjah Mada University (UGM) signs a petition to support Agni, a UGM student who was allegedly raped by a fellow student in 2017, and to encourage the university to take action against sexual violence on campus. (The Jakarta Post/Bambang Muryanto)
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ndonesia is not foreign to cases of sexual violence in the form of rape committed by male adults against women, including girls, or sometimes young boys.
Perpetrators of the violence vary, ranging from biological fathers as what happened in Aceh and Luwu, Southeast Sulawesi, to security forces as in the South Sulawesi case. Another case that is advocated by the National Commission for Protection of Women and Children (Komnas Perempuan) is the gang rape of a 16-year-old girl in Central Halmahera, North Maluku.
Apart from our grief, we do not know what else we can convey to express our feelings of sadness, anger and disappointment because such cases have repeated without proper, fast and fair treatment that gives the victims justice.
Amid the anguish, Education, Culture, Research, and Technology Minister Nadiem Makarim recently sprang a surprise by issuing Education, Culture, Research and Technology Ministerial Regulation No. 30/2021 (Permendikbud 30) on the prevention and handling of sexual violence in higher education.
Nadiem said the country had no legislation or regulation yet to tackle sexual violence on university campuses. Permendikbud 30, therefore, was signed to fill the void.
The existing regulations only cover sexual violence protection from certain conditions, such as the Child Protection Law that only protects children under 18 years old, the Eradication of Violence Against Women, which concerns household affairs, and the anti-human-trafficking law, which helps victims of human trafficking syndicates.
Critics, especially conservatives, have accused Permendikbud 30 of legalizing adultery or casual sex on campus by deliberately highlighting the phrase "consent" in one of its articles. The loudest voice against Permendikbud 30 comes from Muhammadiyah, which considers the regulation problematic from both formal and material points of view.
