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        "id": 1873230,
        "msgid": "kpai-stresses-need-for-concrete-cross-sector-action-to-end-child-marriage-1784659832",
        "date": "2026-07-22 00:41:57",
        "title": "KPAI Stresses Need for Concrete Cross-Sector Action to End Child Marriage",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has called for concrete, cross-sector collaboration to eradicate child marriage, highlighting its link to sexual violence, school dropout rates, and child rights violations. A webinar on the issue emphasised that child marriage is a form of forced marriage criminalised under the Sexual Violence Crime Law, carrying a maximum penalty of nine years' imprisonment. Indonesia ranks fourth globally in child marriage cases, with 25.53 million recorded, and several provinces show particularly high prevalence rates.",
        "content": "<p>The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) has stated the\nimportance of concrete cross-sector steps to stop the practice of child\nmarriage. KPAI member Dian Sasmita said during a webinar in Jakarta on\nTuesday (21\/7) that the role of the state, families, society, and all\nstakeholders is vital in ensuring children receive optimal protection.\nThis effort is crucial because child marriage creates vulnerabilities to\nsexual violence, school dropout, and violations of children\u2019s rights.\nThe cessation of child marriage must become a shared agenda, as the\npractice is closely linked to increasing children\u2019s vulnerability to\nsexual violence, school dropout, and violations of their rights.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Veryanto Sitohang, Director of Aliansi Sumut Bersatu,\nemphasised that child marriage is a form of forced marriage categorised\nas a criminal act of sexual violence under the Sexual Violence Crime Law\n(UU TPKS). He stated that child marriage must not be tolerated in any\nform and that stopping it requires a joint movement involving the\ngovernment, civil society, traditional leaders, religious leaders,\nacademics, media, and communities to make child protection a shared\nresponsibility. Article 10 paragraph (2) of the TPKS Law threatens\nperpetrators of forced marriage, including child marriage, forced\nmarriage under the pretext of tradition such as \u2018kawin tangkap\u2019, and\nmarrying victims to perpetrators of sexual violence, with a maximum\nprison sentence of nine years and\/or a maximum fine of Rp200\nmillion.<\/p>\n<p>Veryanto added that child marriage has serious impacts, including the\ndeprivation of education rights, the risk of domestic violence, cyclical\npoverty, and is one of the leading causes of death for girls aged 15-19\nworldwide. According to 2023 data from the United Nations Children\u2019s\nFund (UNICEF), Indonesia ranks fourth globally in child marriage cases,\nwith a total of 25.53 million cases. KPAI data also maps the provinces\nwith the highest prevalence of child marriage, namely West Sulawesi\n(34.4 percent), South Kalimantan (33.68 percent), Central Kalimantan\n(33.56 percent), West Kalimantan (32.21 percent), and Central Sulawesi\n(31.91 percent).<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/kpai-stresses-need-for-concrete-cross-sector-action-to-end-child-marriage-1784659832",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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