Kemen PPPA: The Stigma Of Child Victims Of Terrorism Is An Obstacle To Recovery

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JAKARTA - The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (Kemen PPPA) stated that society's stigma against children of terrorism's parents as children who must be punished is one of the obstacles for the government to recover them from exposure to radicalism.

"People still see these children as perpetrators. that must be destroyed, not fostered because (the community thinks, ed.) they are potential terrorists, "said Elvi Hendrani, Assistant Deputy for Child Protection for the Special Conditions of the Ministry of PPPA Elvi Hendrani in a talk show about victims of terrorism networks in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Saturday, April 17.

Even though, he said, the children are victims of the wrong parenting style.

In addition, he said, the community also tends to be reluctant to accept these children back in their village or village.

"The stigma is due to labeling from their parents. his family, hometown, "he said.

For that, he said, the government then changed the identities of a number of children victims of terrorism networks so that they can live normally in the community after being fostered through a deradicalization program.

The Ministry of PPPA is ready to help the Special Detachment 88 Anti-terror Police to rehabilitate 101 children whose parents were linked to the suicide bombing terror case at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral Makassar, Sulawesi South.

However, it is not yet known the schedule for these hundreds of children to be flown to Jakarta. The plan is for these 101 children to be brought from Makassar to Jakarta to undergo a deradicalization program.

The deradicalization and psychological recovery efforts of these children will also involve a number of ministries or institutions, namely the Witness and Victim Protection Agency (LPSK) and the Child Social Rehabilitation Center Needs Protection Especially for (BRSAMPK) Handayani under the Ministry of Social Affairs.

Elvi said that children who were exposed to radicalism ranged in age from one to 14 years. They are the children of parents who were the perpetrators and suspected perpetrators of the suicide bombing at the Makassar Cathedral some time ago.