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View all search resultsThe role of women, especially housewives, has expanded in recent decades and they are no longer bound solely to managing their households and raising children. Further, as they learn to harness the facilities and functionalities offered by advanced technologies, women now have many opportunities for self-actualization.
A disproportionate number of housewives and pregnant women contract sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as HIV and syphilis each year, according to recent data from the Health Ministry, which attributed the problems to poor awareness of sexual health and their partners' unsafe sexual behavior.
Indonesian Anti-Slander Society (Mafindo) chairman Septiaji Eko Nugroho said that homemakers were prone to circulating hoaxes because they often worried about their family’s wellbeing, especially when there was a crime or health threat.
The Indonesian Anti-Slander Society (Mafindo), Google News Initiative and the Communications and Information Ministry are running a comprehensive media literacy program to train the public to spot disinformation or hoaxes on the internet.
It is a take-no-prisoners battle on the election trail in this selfie-mad nation, where few shots count more than a close up with "everyman" leader Joko Widodo, a former furniture salesman who rose from a riverside slum to high office.
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