A New Law for Equality

The political parties that still oppose the Sexual Violence Eradication Bill do not understand the new values of public morality. They are also opposing the will of the majority.

Tempo

April 5, 2021

IF the Sexual Violence Eradication Bill fails once again to be passed by the House of Representatives (DPR) this year, it seems that it would be appropriate to refer to Indonesia as a misogynist society that is still stuck in the past. Proposed as a DPR initiative five years ago, the bill failed to pass at the end of 2019. Now it has once again been included in the 2021 Priority National Legislation Program.

DPR Speaker Puan Maharani said the Se...

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