Violence Against Women And Children In East Kalimantan In 2021 Reaches 450 Cases

Head of DKP3A) East Kalimantan Province Noryani Sorayalita (seated, second from left) during a work meeting (Via ANTARA)

SAMARINDA - Violence against women and children in the Province of East Kalimantan (Kaltim) throughout 2021 is considered high because it reaches 450 cases.

"Based on the Online Information System for the Protection of Women and Children (PPA Symphony), from year to year cases tend to decrease but are still high," said the Head of the Population, Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (DKP3A) Office of East Kalimantan Province, Noryani Sorayalita in Jakarta, Antara, Thursday. March 31.

The presence of Noryani Sorayalita in Jakarta in order to participate in the 2022 Women's Protection Program Evaluation Work Meeting held by the Grand Alia Prapatan Hotel.

In his release, he said that in 2019 there were 633 cases of violence against women and children, in 2020 it fell to 626 cases, and in 2021 it fell again to 450 cases of violence.

From 2020 to 2021, there will be a decrease of 176 cases. This decrease in cases indicates the success of the women's protection program that has been implemented by the relevant agencies at the district/city and provincial levels.

Despite the decline in cases, protection programs for women still need to be implemented, given the increasing variety of cases of violence against women as technology advances, such as Online Gender-Based Violence (KBGO).

The issue of protecting women and children, he continued, has long been a national issue that requires serious handling from all parties, because the incidence is still high.

Meanwhile, the women's protection program that has been implemented so far also needs to be reviewed, the aim is to optimize its protection program.

"All parties also need to focus on increasing the prevention of violence against women, including formulating policies to improve the quality of services for victims, in order to realize more effective and targeted protection," he said.