What Is Yogyakarta's Strategy So That It Is Considered The Safest City For Children?
JAKARTA - The Yogyakarta City Government was awarded an award from the Indonesian Child Protection Commission. Regarded as the best local government in providing protection to children.
"There are many innovations that we do to ensure that children get protection because it is part of their rights," said the Acting Mayor of Yogyakarta, Sumadi, Thursday, July 21, quoted from Antara.
This award, said Sumadi, is a motivation to continue to improve the quality of service to the community. In particular, it provides protection to children while increasing community involvement in child protection.
A number of innovations owned by the Yogyakarta City Government include the Anti-Violence Against Children and Women Information System (SIKAP).
Through this innovation, which was first launched in June 2019, the public can easily submit complaints if they know or have information related to violence against children. This service has been integrated with the Jogja Smart Service (JSS) application.
In addition, the Yogyakarta City Government also provides consulting services on various problems in the household through the Family Learning Center (Puspaga).
The consultation service is expected to be able to help overcome various problems in the family as well as anticipate the potential that leads to acts of domestic violence.
The local government has prepared a number of counselors from psychologists to provide services that can be accessed at the PKK Building, Yogyakarta City Hall Complex for free.
Telephone Sahabat Anak (Tesa) is also part of the innovation of the Yogyakarta City Government to provide protection to children.
This service can be accessed by calling the telephone number 08112848404 24 hours a day. The hope is that children will receive protection from physical, psychological and sexual violence.
At the sub-district and sub-district levels, child protection innovations are carried out through the Anti-Violence Ready Action Task Force (Sigrak), which consists of community leaders, youth leaders, and religious leaders.
"The community is also involved in efforts to protect children so that awareness is built to prevent acts of violence against women and children," he said.
In addition, children are also involved in development through the Yogyakarta City Children's Forum (Fakta). "From the forum, children have the opportunity to express their opinions and aspirations in development in the city of Yogyakarta," he said.
To date, all sub-districts and kelurahan in Yogyakarta City have also become child-friendly sub-districts and kelurahan plus 193 child-friendly villages, 456 child-friendly schools, two child-friendly police stations, 18 child-friendly health centers, and six child-friendly houses of worship consisting of each -two mosques, monasteries, and churches each.
“Innovations that have been implemented to provide protection for children will continue to be improved and follow other innovations so that this commitment is maintained. Even this year, we hope to be able to upgrade to a plenary Child-friendly City,” he said.