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The City of Surakarta has made significant steps for education, by allocating 20% budget for education. Yet, the bulk of the budget goes to teachers’ salary and allowance, and physical construction of junior high school buildings. There are a number if breakthroughs that accompany such initiatives, and equally significant issues to address – i.e. recruitment of new junior high school students based on academic performance, which remains unresolved (on the basis of academic performance in city and district schools).

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Recurrent problems are happening with regards to the management of sexual violence against women and children in Sukoharjo District. These include: visum et repertum of victims is not free, aidis delivered by a group of government agency staff wearing unifrom to victim’s house, no psychologist being available other than at Ir.

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Not many people in Indonesia talk about ianfu. The few that do are independent researchers, as Indonesians are not really concerned about survivors. This is the point that an author and independent researcher, Eka Hindra makes, on the issue of Ianfu in YouTube LetssTalk Feminist on Facebook #7. Eka says that the inspiration came in 1999 when she worked as a journalist at Radio Internews Indonesia. She worked at the Women Program, the first in Indonesia to have a feminist perspective, and not an infotainment women issue, but real journalism who conducted research on the field.

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A 10-year old boy studying at grade 5 at Madrasah Ibtidaiyah (MI) Miftahul Huda Jakenan Subdistrict, Pati District is running around in his class. His friends come closer as he finishes and stands at a corner, and tell him that the activity is about to begin. His name is Arul. His round face and plum built does not bother his movement. Arul answers questions with ease. He is happy whenever he can play with his friends from Yayasan YAPHI. The by-monthly game during the visit brings him joy, because his friends stimulate into thinking, and the game is always appropriate for a child of his age.

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It is violence when it causes physical, psychological, sexual suffering and abandonment. How does violence happen? There is social cultural aspect involved in it. If somebody experiences violence, then it is considered a flaw, and therefore should be hidden, and not reported. Another example is when a child is about to get married, particularly girls, there is a message from parents, that the child should always keep whatever happens in her household to herself. It would be a disgrace if she tells others about it. So when violence happens, the victim does not dare to open up.

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Thousands of eyes watch the puppet show in the Alternate Universe Ratusan (Wayang Kampung Sebelah or WKS) on Saturday night, 14/12 at Lapangan Segitiga, Kerten, Laweyan - Surakarta. This show becomes the highlight of the 16-day Anti-Violence Against Women organised by Yayasan Yaphi (16 HAKTP) with attendance by peasants from Sambirejo Sragen, Paranggupito Wonogiri, community in Porang Paring, jaringan KOMPAK (network), Jaringan Peduli Sungai Juwana (Jampisawan Network), Jaringan Visi Solo Inklusi, Forum Peduli Kebenaran dan Keadian Sambirejo (FPKKS), Komasipera, JPPAS, MPPS and others.

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The coordinator of Civil Society for Children and Women in Surakarta (Komasipera) , Idha Musfi says that her organization never discussed with the City Government about the situation of women and children in the city.

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A number of education issues remain in Surakarta City. These had to do with the implementation of zone-based student acceptance, the merdeka (freedom) curricula, and the high number of school dropouts and of people not attending schools. Surakarta City is known as a cultural city and has a development index of 84.41 in 2024, an increase of 0.87 point from the previous year (83.54).