Prevention of Violence Against Women Through Improving the Quality of Life of Women in Indonesia

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10.2991/assehr.k.201017.135How to use a DOI?

Keywords

prevention of violence, women, human resource development, government policies

Abstract

One of the visions, missions and directions of the President of Indonesia is to improve the quality of the Indonesian people, through the development of human resources, including women. On the other hand, there is a lot of discrimination against women. This paper aims to find out government policies in reducing discrimination against women so as to improve the quality of Indonesian society and its challenges. This research is qualitative research type. This research looks at problems in the community, then looks for a legal basis. Based on results that the government have the priority programs to improve the quality of women in Indonesia, by carrying out activities that are strengthening policies and regulations on women’s empowerment; improve and understand gender issues and their root causes; increase the empowerment of women, especially in education, health, economy, labour, politics, and public office; and improving and coordinating networks between the central government, regional governments, the community, the mass media, and the business world. The challenges to realise this program are the government’s commitment, understanding of gender, and law enforcement.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ratna Herawati
AU  - Sekar Anggun Gading Pinilih
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/20
TI  - Prevention of Violence Against Women Through Improving the Quality of Life of Women in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 610
EP  - 613
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201017.135
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201017.135
ID  - Herawati2020
ER  -