We Can’t Possibly Enforce Pro-Fornication Regulations
The alleged sexual harassment case at Riau University is just the tip of the sexual violence iceberg on Indonesian campuses. Will the education minister’s regulation be powerful enough to prevent sexual assaults on campuses?
Mahardika Satria Hadi
November 22, 2021
AMID the public uproar over the alleged sexual harassment case at Riau University, the Education, Culture, Research and Technology Minister Regulation No. 30/2021 was greeted with a sigh of relief from many parties. Andy Yentriyani, Chair of National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) said that the regulation offered a more systematic approach to handling sexual violence cases. “So, the focus should not be on an ad hoc a
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