Zulfiani Lubis - Covering children: from privacy to violence in Indonesia - Manila 14 Oct 2011

Covering ChildrenFrom Privacy to Violence In IndonesiaUni Z. Lubis, Press Council/ANTV Chief Editor

Violence on Children Increasing Case Trend. Data from Indonesia Commission for Child Protection, in 2008 there was 1,726 reports on Violence againts Children handled by Comission. In 2009, the number increase to 1,998 cases, and on May 2010, there is 1,826 cases

Law 23/2002 on Child Protection Article 2 The implementation of the protection fot children is based on principles of the Pancasila (Indonesia Govt Philosophy) and on the Constitution 1945 as well as the basic principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Children, which cover: - Non discrimination; - prioritizing was is the best for children - the right to life, to perpetuation of life, and to development; and - respect fot the opinion of the child Article 24 The state and govt guarantee that the child can use his/her right to convey his/her opinion in accordance with the childs age and level of intelligence/education

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Indonesias Country Report On Welfare and The Protection of Children Law No 23/2002 regarding Child: Child is every human being under the age of eighteen, including the womb. Indonesia has about 85 million children or 30% out of total population Every year about 4,5 million are born, high infant mortality rate (34/100). Sixty percent of newborn children do not have birth certificates and registered anywhere .. Heightens the life of exploitation, age and identity falsification UNICEF 2009: Three million children work in potential occupations. At least 30% of female sex workers in Indonesia under 18 years of age, with children as young as 10 are forced into prostitution. An estimated 100,000 women and children are trafficked annually, mostly as commercial sex workers in Indonesia and abroad. Around 12% of females are married at or before tha age of 15. Some 4,000 to 5,000 children are in detention centers, correction facilities and prisons; 84% of those sentenced are detained with adult criminals. Latest data from Indonesia Comission for Child Protection, more than 7,000 juvenils are in detention facilities and prisons across the nation. More than 85% of Indonesia children who are broght to court for crimes are sentenced to prison

The other issue of concern is the special vulnerability of children (and women) in conflict or disaster afftected communities, including more than 2,000 children left parentless and many more psychologically affected after the tsunami that struck Aceh and Nort Sumatera on December 26, 2004 For children who were exposed to Natural Disaster, Indonesia Government established Childrens Center to provide better protection for Children who were victims. According to UN World Fit for Children Report, in 2006 the government developed a children-friendly villages programme in 50 villages in Aceh. Most of them not operated now. ..Philippines established: Mainstreaming Children Rights in Local Development Planning

Children in Indonesia as elsewhere around the world experience violence at home, on the street,at school and among fellow children. But, mostly this violence is hidden or unreported due to prevailing view that it is part of disciplining the children With so many Indonesia children in vulnerable situations, the promotion of welfare and protection of children is a key challenge for our national initiatives > 16 Child Prisons in 33 Provinces, many children have to share room with adult prisoners,with various case included drugs