In Indonesia, hopes rising for long-awaited sexual violence bill


  • World
  • Thursday, 17 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO: Activists carrying placards take part in a rally to support women's rights calling for gender equality and to protest against gender discrimination, during the International Women's Day outside the National Monument (Monas) complex in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 8, 2022. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan/File Photo

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Two years ago in Indonesia, sexual harassment victim Baiq Nuril Maknun received a presidential amnesty, and she is now hoping parliament passes a new law on sexual violence, a decade after activists first proposed legislation.

"Hopefully it can happen," Nuril told Reuters from the island of Lombok.

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