Minister Of PPPA Values Reproductive Education Can Prevent Sexual Violence

Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Bintang Puspayoga/Photo: Antara

JAKARTA - The Minister of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Bintang Puspayoga said that knowledge about reproductive health needs to be instilled in girls from an early age as an effort to protect themselves from the risk of violence and sexual violence. central issues for girls such as reproductive health, including self-care and menstrual health, prevention of child marriage and family life," said Bintang through a press release launching the Million Princess Brilliant program from Womenpreneur Indonesia Networks (WIN) at the Muhammadiyah Healthy Baby Orphanage, Bandung City, Monday. April 11. In addition, the entrepreneurial mindset is an important and strategic program for the future of Indonesian girls. Knowledge about women's reproductive health needs to be instilled from an early age, especially since gender inequality has created barriers for girls to get this knowledge, he said. Not only that, according to him, knowledge of reproductive health is also very influential on women's health when they become mothers in the future and the health of children who are conceived and born later.

The provision regarding married life is also very important because an equal, strong and prosperous family will create a strong nation as well. The Minister of PPPA also conveyed a message to the manager/caretaker of the orphanage who acts as a parent for the children of the orphanage to provide all the rights of the child, both parenting , education, participation as well as protection from all violence, exploitation and other mistreatment as well as possible."I hope that the launch of the Million Princess Brilliant can be a good practice for cross-sectoral synergies in an effort to achieve gender equality and empower women and can inspire various stakeholders others to join in," said Minister Bintang, quoted by Antara.