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).
Add a commentInclusive Solo Vision Network Promotes Disability-Friendly Accessible Public Spaces
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Surakarta is a pioneer in inclusive city, and at the forefront of enacting laws for the protection and fulfilment of the rights of people with disability – as is evident in City Regulation No. 2 Year 2008 on Disability Equality, later updated into City Regulation No. 9 Year 2020 in People with Disability.
Add a commentSafe Space for All to Prevent Sexual Violence in Campuses
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End of Year Women Congress highlight for 2023 revealed the many cases of violence against women. There were at least 289,111, which prompted the National Women’s Rights Commission to open its door for direct consultation. The Women Congress received reports from 4,347 women who experienced violence. Gender-based violence made up 3,000 of these cases. The Ministry for Women and Child Protection confirmed the data in April 2024, pointing out as many as 2,681 cases in universities. The actual number of cases was far bigger than the number of women reporting the cases.
Add a commentPublic Discussion – Urging for a Road Map for Human-Rights-Based Prevention and Management of Human Trafficking Crimes
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The National Commission for Human Rights put Human Trafficking Crimes as a top human rights priority for 2022 to 2027. It established a monitoring team to assess the effectiveness of prevention and management of human trafficking crimes in 2023, in order to implement its review and research mandate and function as articulated in Law No. 39 Year 1999 on Human Rights.
Add a commentKomasipera Conducted a Seminar on the Physical and Psychological effects of Violence
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Annual Record of the National Women’s Rights Commission showed that domestic violence totaled 61.1% or 14,540 cases of women becoming victims of domestic violence (record up to end of November). This was despite the existence of policy - Law No. 23 Year 2004 on Elimination of Domestic Violence (PKDRT).
The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that violence was the use of physical force and power, threats and acts on a person, committed by individuals, or groups that resulted in trauma, deaths, psychological damages, growth disorder, and loss of rights.