PTKIN Strengthens PSGA and Task Force to Prevent Sexual Violence on Campus

State Islamic Religious Universities (PTKIN) continue to strengthen efforts to create safe, comfortable, and equitable campus environments through the enhancement of Gender and Child Studies Centres (PSGA) and the establishment of Task Forces for the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence (Satgas PPKS). “We strive to ensure that lectures take place in comfortable, friendly, and equitable conditions. For that reason, each PTKIN already has a Gender and Child Studies Centre,” said Evi Muafiah, Member of the PTKIN Leadership Forum and Rector of UIN Kiai Ageng Muhammad Besari Ponorogo, in her statement in Jakarta on Thursday. Evi stated that all PTKIN have PSGA as part of efforts to build a higher education system that is friendly, comfortable, and gender-responsive. According to her, strengthening gender-responsive campuses is part of the cooperation between the Ministry of Religious Affairs (Kemenag) and the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA). Evi explained that the implementation of this policy refers to Minister of Religious Affairs Regulation (PMA) No. 73 of 2022 on the Prevention and Handling of Sexual Violence in Educational Units under the Ministry of Religious Affairs. This regulation serves as the basis for forming task forces at each campus. “The driving force is the PSGA. From the implementation of this PMA, each campus forms a task force tasked with ensuring that students and the entire academic community can study and attend university well without feeling uncomfortable,” she said. The task force, according to Evi, functions to handle reports of violence, provide protection to victims, conduct monitoring, and recommend sanctions in accordance with applicable provisions. These efforts to strengthen friendly and safe campuses are part of PTKIN’s commitment to creating a higher education ecosystem that supports a healthy learning process for all students and educators. “We always strive to provide a comfortable space and do not criminalise victims at all,” she said.