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    "data": {
        "id": 1205002,
        "msgid": "rape-victims-to-receive-counseling-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-10-06 00:00:00",
        "title": "Rape victims to receive counseling",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Rape victims to receive counseling JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Women's Congress has established a foundation to counsel women who have been victimized by men. Maria Abdul Karim, the organization's law department head, told members of House of Representatives Commission VIII for social welfare that the organization set up the foundation in July to help victims get through the trauma of violence.",
        "content": "<p>Rape victims to receive counseling<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The Indonesian Women's Congress has established<br>\na foundation to counsel women who have been victimized by men.<\/p>\n<p>Maria Abdul Karim, the organization's law department head,<br>\ntold members of House of Representatives Commission VIII for<br>\nsocial welfare that the organization set up the foundation in<br>\nJuly to help victims get through the trauma of violence.<\/p>\n<p>\"In operating the Sahabat Perempuan Foundation, the Women's<br>\nCongress is assisted by the Criminology Department of the School<br>\nof Social and Political Sciences of the University of Indonesia,<br>\nthe Foundation of Children's Rights Protection and the police,\"<br>\nMaria said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kuraisin Sumhadi, a vice chairwoman of the<br>\ncongress, assistance is still limited to consultation.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will surely want to improve the operation of this<br>\nfoundation in the future,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>Maria said that the foundation helps female victims of violent<br>\ncrime, like rape.<\/p>\n<p>Anisswati MK, the congress' human resource department head,<br>\nsaid the foundation will also help female workers whose rights<br>\nhave been violated in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>\"We will also try to explain to the workers their rights and<br>\nobligations,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>The congress cooperates with the Ministry of Manpower, the<br>\nMinistry of Foreign Affairs, the House of Representatives, the<br>\nadministration and businesspeople in their crusade to prevent<br>\nviolence and sexual harassment of female workers, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Anisswati said some members of the congress and officials from<br>\nthe State Minister of Women's Roles have met several Indonesian<br>\nwomen who were raped in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Maria said that the foundation has been supported by a group<br>\nof volunteer psychologists and psychiatrists.<\/p>\n<p>Kuraisin added that the foundation intends to help criminals<br>\novercome their psychological problems. (05)<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/rape-victims-to-receive-counseling-1447893297",
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