Indonesian women question legal protection as gender violence rages on

FILE PHOTO: A placard against femicide, claiming 2023 statistics of some 180 reported cases across 38 provinces, is seen as activists take part in a street protest on Nov. 25, 2024, on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Jakarta. - AFP

JAKARTA: When scrolling through social media, Fatma Bandar found at least one case of violence targetting women every week on her timeline.

On Wednesday, for example, the 23-year-old saw a post from a woman who anonymously shared on X her experience of being repeatedly raped by a coworker, and later verbally assaulted by a police officer when she mustered the courage to file a report.