IN the face of rising violence against female students, an Indonesian state commission has called for changes in the national school curriculum to promote gender equality and women’s rights. The move for change comes after a report from National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) found that female students are particularly vulnerable to sexual assaults and other forms of violence. Female students made up 24 percent of all victims in 2016, a 3 percent rise from the previous year, with as much as 46 percent of the total reported cases of gender-based violence against female students occurring in community settings. Nineteen percent occurred in a domestic environment, the report found, as highlighted by the Jakarta Globe.

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