Ministry Of Women Research Articles

The Impact of The Body Shop #FightForSisterhood Campaign on Public Attitudes Towards Sexual Violence

Prior research has identified a link between Public Relations (PR) campaigns and public attitudes toward specific issues. Currently, Indonesia is grappling with a surge in sexual violence cases. In 2022, a Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (Kemen PPPA) report recorded 25,050 cases of violence against women, representing 79.9% of all victims. Responding to this concerning trend, The Body Shop (TBS) Indonesia launched the TBS #FightforSisterhood PR campaign, dedicated to addressing sexual violence. This study seeks to evaluate the impact of the TBS #FightforSisterhood campaign on public attitudes regarding sexual violence. Key concepts encompass PR campaigns, attitudes, sexual violence, and the stimulus-response (SOR) theory. Utilizing a quantitative approach, data was collected through surveys from followers of the @thebodyshopindo.impact account, totaling 10,300 respondents. Non-probability purposive sampling yielded a sample size of 100 followers, determined using Slovin's formula. Data analysis involved simple linear regression conducted with SPSS software. Results from the study reveal a significant positive impact of the TBS #FightforSisterhood PR campaign on public attitudes toward sexual violence. This research underscores the potential for brands to drive meaningful change on pressing social issues when campaigns are executed thoroughly, highlighting their power to effect social change.

A nők teológiai képzésének első száz éve Kolozsváron

The First Hundred Years of Women’s Theological Education in Cluj-Napoca. The initial topic of the study at hand addresses the beginnings. In terms of women’s education, one of the positive effects of the Reformation is the insistence on the widespread availability of the Bible, which was inevitably followed by the eradication of illiteracy among women. Following the Reformation, another argument emerged in favour of the importance of educating women in theology: society regarded women as a key role in raising children, so in order to raise their children educated in theology, their ability to do so became a priority. The second topic addresses the direct preconditions of the theological education of women, especially the changes in the 19th-century school history, which resulted in women’s admission to universities and opening up the opportunity for them to obtain degrees in higher education. Furthermore, the study presents the past hundred years of women’s education in theology in the Protestant educational centres of Cluj-Napoca – from the first enrolment, the first ordained woman minister up to the present time. Keywords: Reformed women’s education, women in theological academic education, women as religion teachers, the ordination of women in the Protestant denominations, women in the Reformed theological education in Cluj-Napoca/Kolozsvár

The Effectiveness of Qanun Jinayat in Preventing Sexual Violence Against Children from a Psychological Perspective

The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) noted that 45% of the 14,571 cases of violence against children were cases of sexual violence. In Aceh, the UPTD-PPA noted that during 2021 there were 697 cases of sexual violence against women and children. The impact on victims of sexual violence can be said to be very heavy and prolonged. So far, the settlement of cases of violence against children, especially in Aceh, refers to the implementation of Aceh Qanun 6 of 2014 concerning the Jinayat Law. When compared with the loss of the victim, the punishment of Ta'zir Whip is still considered unable to provide a deterrent effect to the perpetrators. Therefore, this study aims to examine the effectiveness of the Qanun Jinayat in preventing cases of sexual violence against children. Overall, the Qanun Jinayat has not been able to provide psychological protection and recovery for victims of violence, especially children as victims. Apart from not being able to provide a deterrent effect to the perpetrators, the release of the perpetrators after the sentence creates further psychological trauma to victims of sexual violence.

Membangun Kesadaran Bersama Melalui Seminar Pencegahan Pelecehan Seksual di SMP Nusa Alam

Sexual harassment is any form of harassing or degrading behaviour related to sexual urges, harming or making uncomfortable a person who is subjected to such behaviour, or any behaviour that forces a person to engage in sexual intercourse or become an object of unwanted sexual attention, data from the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection issued data on the number of cases of violence in 2023 reaching 25,342, and recorded acts of sexual violence that occurred in Mataram City throughout 2023 recorded 30 cases. Of that number, most of them happened to children. Therefore, we as students of Teaching Campus 6 conducted an activity that aims to foster mutual awareness regarding the prevention of sexual abuse in children. The methods used in this activity are discussion and seminar methods. The results of this seminar activity are increased awareness, concern and insight of students related to sexual harassment, as well as how to prevent and handle victims of sexual harassment both at school and in the community.

Implementasi Kebijakan Partisipasi Anak melalui Pengembangan Forum Anak di Kabupaten Bogor

Children's participation in development is one of the important issues in realizing children's rights-based development. Since 2010 until now, the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection has initiated a Child Participation Policy through the Development of Children's Forums. This research focuses on seeing the extent to which children's involvement/participation in the development process through the Children's Forum in Bogor Regency as Pioneers and Reporters is not yet optimal using a descriptive qualitative approach. Data collection techniques were carried out using interviews, observation and document review. In determining informants, researchers used a purposive sampling technique. The research results show that not all aspects of the implementation of Riant Nugroho's policy as a measure of success have been fulfilled, such as the aspects of target accuracy, environmental accuracy and process accuracy. The recommendations given are increasing the capacity and quantity of human resources which can be done by means of Convention on The Rights of the Child (KHA) Technical Guidance and Child Protection Policy, to increase the quantity can be done by building networks across regional apparatus and NGO. Regarding budget needs, the Department needs to map needs related to work programs to support child participation policies.

Evaluasi Program Puspaga Dalam Upaya Pencegahan Kekerasan Anak Di DP3APPKB Surabaya

Violence against children still often occurs in the city of Surabaya. Families still face obstacles in solving problems due to parents' lack of understanding in caring for children. Families need a place for consultation and support as well as learning processes so that the scope of the family can be maximized. The Surabaya city government is trying to protect children. One of the efforts of the Surabaya City Government is that the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) has the best Family Learning Center (PUSPAGA) program. PUSPAGA services are under the auspices of the Surabaya City Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, Population Control and Family Planning (DP3APPKB) Service. PUSPAGA Surabaya City is present in the community for those who need services related to family problems, including childcare information. The aim of this research is to find out how the PUSPAGA program is evaluated in efforts to prevent child violence in DP3APPKB Surabaya (Counseling Service Case Study). This study uses a qualitative method. The theory used belongs to the PUSPAGA Program using Ripley's 7 evaluation indicators (Purwanto & Sulistyastuti, 2012), namely access, coverage, frequency, bias, service delivery, accountability, suitability of the program to needs. The PUSPAGA program for Surabaya City Counseling services has been running well in every indicator. Even so, the Surabaya City Government should be more proactive in informing the public about the existence of PUSPAGA services in the City of Surabaya.

Review of "40 questions about women in ministry"

Review of "40 questions about women in ministry"

The Growth, Decline, and Transformation of the Diaconal Ministry and the Role of Women Deaconesses in the Early Churches

The objective of this article is to restore the credibility of the church within society by reestablishing its public role. Through the study of the lives and activities of women ministers in early Christianity, the research reveals that early Christianity initially granted equal authority to the ministries of diakonia (service to society) and the ministry of the Word, but gradually diminished the role of diakonia while stripping women of their status and authority. Therefore, to fully reinstate the genuine spirit of Christ, it is emphasized that the Korean church must regain the church’s public presence and recover the spirit of Jesus within the scattered congregations that currently exist.

PERAN PERGURUAN TINGGI DALAM PENCEGAHAN KEKERASAN DALAM RUMAH TANGGA (KDRT) DI MASA PANDEMI

Based on data released by the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenpppa), the number of cases of Domestic Violence (KDRT) that occurred in Indonesia throughout 2020 was still very high. East Java ranks second highest after Central Java as the province with the most domestic violence cases throughout 2020, with 1,588 cases. This figure is obtained from the number of cases of domestic violence reported in all cities in East Java.
 Efforts to reduce the incidence of domestic violence are not enough just to take repressive actions against perpetrators of domestic violence. What is more important is preventive action to prevent the occurrence of domestic violence. One of the causes of domestic violence can occur is the lack of public knowledge about what is meant by domestic violence. Because there are still many cases of domestic violence that occur during this Covid-19 Pandemic. This is where the role of universities is expected to be able to provide knowledge to the community, not only for women or children, but also for men.
 One of the things that universities can do in providing knowledge to the community regarding domestic violence is by conducting socialization and legal counseling. The role of legal counseling can provide increased legal knowledge to community members in order to avoid violations of the law, especially Law Number 23 of 2004 concerning the Elimination of Domestic Violence. Another benefit of legal counseling is that the community can play an active role directly with other communities to transmit or relay the relay to other members of the community such as within the family, neighbors, in the neighborhood associations and neighborhood associations in the East Java region.
 Keywords: College, Domestic Violence, Pandemic

The Relationship of Academic Stress and Body Mass Index (BMI) with Premenstrual Syndrome in Class 9 Students of SMPN 1 Sumberpucung

Menstruation is bleeding that repeats every month and indicates that the female reproductive organs are ready to be fertilized. In the menstrual cycle, changes in hormone levels will occur when a young woman will experience menstruation. This can affect changes in the physical and emotional conditions of adolescent girls before menstruation, which is commonly referred to as premenstrual syndrome (Ministry of Women and Children Empowerment of the Republic of Indonesia, 2015). The prevalence of premenstrual syndrome in Indonesia is 70-90% in women of childbearing age and it is found that 2-10% are experiencing severe symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (Sari and Priyanto, 2018). The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between academic stress and body mass index (BMI) with premenstrual syndrome in 9th grade students of SMPN 1 SUMBERPUCUNG. This type of research is a correlation design that uses a cross sectional approach. A sample of 31 9th grade students were selected using a total sampling technique. In research using Spearman Rank data analysis, there is a relationship between academic stress and premenstrual syndrome which results in value < (0.002 < 0.05). Meanwhile, the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and premenstrual syndrome produces a value of value < (0.015 < 0.05). based on the results of this study, students should be able to manage and control their emotions so that stress does not occur and always maintain a pattern eat to stay at a normal BMI.

Murmurs and Miracles

Abstract This article explores how early Pentecostals read, interpreted, and utilized the character of Miriam within the Old Testament. Despite the prominent focus upon masculine Old Testament figures within pentecostal history, the reception of feminine figures within Pentecostalism is less clear. As such, this article seeks to uncover how Miriam the prophetess was presented and interpreted within early pentecostal literature, with the emphasis on such subjects as divine healing, dancing, support for women in ministry, faithfulness, and murmuring. These interpretations of Miriam demonstrate positive and negative appraisals of her character and reflect her multifaceted reception within Pentecostalism. Finally, this article concludes with a summary of these interpretations and a call for continued reflection upon historic readings within pentecostal history.

The Practicing of Parliamentary Democracy in Federal Nepal

This article assesses how the parliamentary democracy (PD) in federal Nepalworks. Nepal's federal parliament spent six years, but the notion and practice of PD are gradually fading. It descriptively analyzes the condition of cabinet, the parliament session, the role of the opposition parties, and the motion of confidence. The federal parliament practices the old-fashioned types political culture and the absence of democratic traits. The House session works for 364 days within 43 times meeting adjourned. The federal parliament also faced two times parliament dissolutions and one time PM failed to secure the vote of motion. Likewise, 41 times cabinet had been reshuffled and lower representation of women ministers. More than 50 times federal parliament obstructed, protested, and encircled. It studies qualitative methods of descriptive and analytical design. The source of data is secondary. Hence, this paper concludes that the practice of PD in the federal parliament survived but no reasonable outcomes were achieved.

Dynamics of Child Friendly City Development in Makassar

Since the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the government has begun to develop various strategies to create policies and programs aimed at realizing children’s rights. Makassar previously won the middle title in 2018 and in 2019-2020 received the Nindya title at the Child Friendly City (KLA) award. The 2006 survey of violence against women and children by BPS, which was included in the 2013 child profile by the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection (KPP & PA), showed that 3% of Indonesian children experienced violence in the family environment in various forms. This means that for every 100 Indonesian children there are 3 children who experience acts of violence. Children are part of the younger generation as one of the human resources who are potential successors to the ideals of the nation’s struggle; they have a strategic role and have special characteristics that require guidance and protection in order to guarantee physical growth and development. Mental and social and child friendly cities (KLA) are regencies/cities that have a rights-based development system for children by integrating commitments and resources from the government, society, and the business world, which are planned in sustainable development in policies, programs, and activities to ensure the fulfillment of child rights and child protection through institutional strengthening. The method used in this study is qualitative, which helps researchers describe related topics. The use of this method also helps researchers understand the meaning of the related data that has been circulating. In addition, qualitative research has helped ensure the truth/authenticity of the data. The government of Makassar City has attempted to maximize the institutional strengthening process related to the Child Friendly City (KLA) policy through a sustainable work program in accordance with the achievement indicators in cluster five. This is also a bridge for the community, especially children, to obtain their rights.
 Keywords: child friendly cities, sustainable development, strenghtening, intitutions

Response and adaptations made by the integrated child development services stakeholders towards the digitalisation of its record keeping systems of the Anganwadi centres in urban Gujarat, India

Initiated on 12th February 2018, Anganwadi centres (AWC) of Gujarat adapted the integrated child development services common application software (ICDS-CAS), for real time monitoring and record keeping, for Anganwadi workers (AWWs), Anganwadi supervisors (AWS) and the child development project officers (CDPO).This application was abruptly discontinued in September 2020 and replaced by ‘Poshan tracker’ ,a mobile based application, launched by the ministry of women and child development, government of India on 1st March 2021. Documentation of challenges and benefits due to shift to software-based record keeping system by frontline workers of ICDS in urban Gujarat. Informal meetings were held with stakeholders like the CDPO, AWS and AWWs to discuss the challenges faced due to digitalisation of record maintenance. We planned to conduct two focused group discussions (FGD) for the same purpose. FGDs were conducted at two different Anganwadi, within city corporation area. Audio recordings of both FGDs were repeatedly played and analysed to prepare qualitative report. ‘ICDS-CAS’ didn’t store older records so the AWWs had to refer to their older registers. The software was English based but AWWs preferred Gujarati(local) language. ‘Poshan tracker had no ‘auto-update’ and ‘delete’ option, to rectify inaccurate entries. One could easily view all the information in one glance. Software database had compiled data from anganwadi, removing the need for supervisors to separately contact each AWWs for an anganwadi data. It was concluded that elder AWWs preferred old register entry system, while the younger AWWs preferred the software data entry system.

Levels of Social Psychological and Socio-Cultural Resilience of Women in Cities Bukittinggi Through Gender Responsive Family Schools

This study aims to reveal the level of social psychological and socio-cultural resilience of women in the city of Bukittinggi. The vulnerability of families experiencing family resilience problems, so the City Government of Bukittinggi established a Family School. Through the Family School, materials and training are provided for women who have families to maintain the resilience of their families. This type of research is descriptive and quantitative with a total sample of 86 people who have attended the Family School. Data was collected using a Family Resilience questionnaire that had been formulated by the Ministry of Women and Children's Empowerment (KPPA). The results showed that the Dimensions of Psychological Social Resilience with the following categories were Not Resistant 12 people, Sufficiently Resistant 73 people, and Resistant only 1 person. For the Socio-Cultural Dimension, 27 people are Not Resistant, 53 people are Sufficient, and 6 people are Resistant. In general, the level of family resilience in women who have attended Family Schools is Sufficient Level of Having Family Resilience

“The Ministry of Women’s Affairs will not be Feminist”: Jeanne Gervais and Gender Complementarity in Côte d’Ivoire

Abstract: This article traces the life and politics of Jeanne Gervais, the first Minister of Women’s Affairs in Côte d’Ivoire. Although she devoted her political career to projects for women’s empowerment, she consistently eschewed the term “feminist,” emphasizing instead the principle of gender complementarity that lay at the heart of her endeavors. Yet Gervais was far from conservative or out of step with the 1970s global women’s movement. Rather, her position reflected a desire to reconcile West African conceptions of motherhood with the postcolonial imperatives for development.

The Limits of Congregational Support for Working Women

Recent scholarship has illuminated the ways that women clergy are disadvantaged in their work, even in congregations that actively support women ministers. How might this disadvantage extend to women congregants who work for pay in other fields? Drawing on 136 interviews from a national study on work and faith, we analyze the accounts of clergy within different types of Christian churches as well as those of women congregants. Surprisingly, we find the same three themes across denomination types showing how support for working women lags that of their male counterparts: (1) lack of support for women by clergymen in general, (2) a lack of specificity concerning issues facing women who work, and (3) insensitivity to working women’s schedules. We conclude that churches, regardless of gender ideology, act as gendered organizations by gendering practices, cultures, interactions, and identities. In doing so, churches hold men as the prototypical worker and fail to provide adequate religious support for working women. This study contributes to a growing focus on religious support for working people and reveals subtle mechanisms by which religious organizations reinforce gender disparities even while preaching gender equity.

In the field of child justice, the role/functioning of the Child Welfare Committee; CWC/Juvenile Justice Board;JJB, in the context of District-Farrukhabad U.P.

Every child is full of talented qualities but it needs such a society and suitable time which helps to shine its talent like rainbow veins. The schemes of the government are commendable for child development, but their non-use on the ground is the biggest hindrance in child development. There the role of law starts where it is tried to bring it on the right path through corrective methods or by punishment for which various provisions were already made in many laws like in Section-82 of the Indian Penal Code-1860. The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act was enacted in 1960, the Juvenile Justice Act in 1986, the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act in 2000 and now the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act in 2015. Children should be kept away from crime not by punitive methods but by corrective methods and they should be prepared in such a way that they can become good citizens, but for some years there has been an unprecedented increase in cases of rape, murder, kidnapping by minors, which need to be curbed. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2015 was enacted for the purpose of juvenile justice, Child Welfare Committee and Juvenile Justice Board for children in conflict with the law were constituted at the district level all over India, which The Ministry of Women's Welfare and Child Development and the Department of Justice are jointly operating it. Certainly, their role in improving child's crime tendency can be beneficial, and with the proper effort and cooperation of the family and society, the disintegrating childhood can be saved. Which is a bitter truth.

The Case of Luke 2:36-39 and the Challenges of Women Priesthood in Methodist Church Nigeria

The issue of women's priesthood has been a challenge to Christendom in general and the Methodist Church in Nigeria in particular. Little attention has been given to the efforts and contributions of women ministers. Likewise, they have been denied many of their priestly functions as co-workers in the service of God in terms of conducting the Eucharist, baptism, and solemnisation of marriage. The study is empirically based on the findings from 960 respondents out of 1200 questionnaires administered. Findings revealed that Methodist Church Nigeria had ordained more than 50 full-time female ministers promoted to the post of Presbyters. However, despite this, there exists a numerical disparity between male and female priests, including gender differences and disparity in functions that female priests could perform. Using Luke 2:36–39 as the theoretical basis for analysis, the study suggests the need for the Methodist Church (Nigeria) to allow female ministers to use their God-given talents without any discrimination or undue hindrances to promote the gospel's spread.

THE CHALLENGES BISEXUAL HUSBANDS FACE IN TRYING TO KEEP THEIR MARRIAGE TOGETHER: A CASE STUDY IN MALAYSIA

Bisexual men who are married to heterosexual women and at the same time have alternative relationships with same-sex partners are an invisible community in society, especially in Malaysia. A marriage involving one of these non-heterosexual partner such bisexual men will only be known when a divorce or marriage annulment case is settled in court. In Malaysia, although there are statistics that showcase divorce or annulment of marriages, the reality is that there are still “mixed-orientation couples” who manage to maintain their marriages to this day. To maintain a marriage, of course, there are challenges faced by them, which are the focus of this study. A total of 15 informants who claimed to have a bisexual orientation and were legally married to a heterosexual woman were interviewed in depth. The results of the study are divided into two main themes, namely, internal challenges and external challenges. Internal challenges includes unsatisfying sex life, controlling men-sex-men addiction, financial matters, and negative’s attitudes from wives, while external challenges only family in-laws involvement. Overall, the findings of this study are expected to be used by government agencies responsible for empowering families, such as the Department of Religion and the Ministry of Women, Family, and Community Development, will design and help married bisexual men navigate their distinct challenges, encouraging more fulfilling marital relationships. They can enhance their relationship, promote understanding, and assure the duration and happiness of their marriage by doing so.