Domestic violence increases<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): A woman activist called Wednesday for a stronger
\ncampaign against domestic violence and for the community to
\nreport cases of violence against women.<\/p>\n
Rita Serena Kolibonso, the director of the Mitra Perempuan
\nwomen's crisis center, said public assistance could help put a
\nstop to men mistreating their wives.<\/p>\n
\"We are calling on the community to raise their awareness of
\ndomestic violence and violence against women,\" she said in a
\nwritten statement to mark the end of 1997. \"They should promptly
\nalert (the authorities) if they come across any cases of
\nviolence.\"<\/p>\n
She warned that failing to report incidents had resulted in
\nthe increasing domestic violence.<\/p>\n
The crisis center also said that 52 of the 63 reports of
\nviolence against women that it had handled during the year were
\nclassified as domestic violence. The others were either marital
\nor family disputes.<\/p>\n
Forty cases were assaults, such as battering, strangling,
\nphysical and sexual abuse, rape and marital rape.<\/p>\n
Twenty-three cases were of emotional abuse in the form of
\nverbal abuse, intimidation, isolation, extra-marital affairs,
\nexploitation, and men deliberately failing to financially support
\ntheir wives.<\/p>\n
The report also said that 48 of the assaulted women, or 76
\npercent of the victims, were housewives.<\/p>\n
Rita said 92 percent of the victimized women learned about the
\ncenter from newspapers, the rest were told about it by friends or
\nrelatives.<\/p>\n
\"Domestic violence is likely to increase despite the growth in
\nthe number of institutions that provide advocacy for women,\" she
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
She said 17 of the victims had sought protection from the city
\npolice and eight had gone to the military police. Nine women had
\nasked for a divorce, and eleven left their homes willingly or
\nwere thrown out by their husbands.<\/p>\n
She said the majority of the victims, or 35 women, were
\nseeking legal advocacy. (09)<\/p>",
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