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New Indonesian parliament urged to tackle sexual violence “emergency”

Indonesia women protest

Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaThomson Reuters Foundation Lawmakers sworn into Indonesia’s parliament this week are being urged to push through a sexual violence bill to protect women from abuse that rights groups say has reached “emergency” levels. Sexual violence is prevalent in the South-East Asian country of 260 million. Tens of thousands of people in recent weeks […]