For 6 Months Girls Often Become Victims Of Violence

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JAKARTA - The DKI Jakarta Department of Empowerment, Child Protection and Population Control (PPAPP) revealed that from January to June 2024, 323 children were victims of violence. Girls dominate the number of victims, which reached 68 percent of the total.

Quoted from Antara, Thursday, July 11, Yunita Siska Diniati, Head of the Child Fulfillment Subgroup of the DKI Jakarta PPAPP Service, also revealed that the most cases of violence against children occurred in East Jakarta were 28 percent or 131 cases. West Jakarta 24 percent or 116 cases, as reported to the Women and Children Protection Unit (PPA).

His party also highlighted efforts to prevent violence, where the public can report the incident to the PPA Unit or the Friends of Women and Children (SAPA) post spread across 324 Child Friendly Open Public Spaces (RPTRA) throughout the DKI Jakarta area.

RPTRA in North Jakarta has 77 locations, in Central Jakarta 50, East Jakarta 68, South Jakarta 62, West Jakarta 58, and in the Thousand Islands there are 9 RPTRAs.

The DKI Jakarta Provincial Government has also prepared SALAPA posts in public transportation facilities such as TransJakarta, MRT, and LRT. Officers at the SAPA post have been trained to provide support and information to victims of violence and conduct socialization of prevention among users of transportation modes.

In addition, the public can take advantage of 35 complaint posts at RPTRA to get initial treatment from the available counselors and paralegals. Yunita explained that this complaint post is spread across Central Jakarta (5 posts), West Jakarta (8 posts), North Jakarta (5 posts), East Jakarta (8 posts), South Jakarta (8 posts), and the Thousand Islands (1 post).

The government continues to make efforts to socialize the prevention of violence against women and children intensively through various media, both online and offline. These steps are expected to help reduce the number of incidents of violence and encourage the public to actively report the incident.