Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga underscored the significance of fulfilling the right to education for women and children, especially those who are victims of violence.

“Apart from psychosocial assistance, education must also be considered. All these children are not only the responsibility of their parents but they are also our responsibility, especially in fulfilling their basic rights,” Puspayoga noted in a press release on Friday regarding her visit to Rumah Aman in East Nusa Tenggara.

On the occasion, the minister provided specific assistance packages to 16 adult women and 12 children.

Several obstacles are encountered to fulfill the children’s education rights in Rumah Aman, such as the difficulty to transfer children, who earlier attended private schools, to public schools.

Puspayoga also pressed for greater synergy among all regional apparatuses, both at the district and provincial government levels, to provide easy access to education for children, who are victims of violence.

“We must coordinate with the regional government to solve this problem,” she affirmed.

Mikel Presty Carlo Moata, a social worker at the Rumah Aman in Waingapu, agreed that governments from all levels must commit to providing a policy for children, who are victims of violence, especially pertaining to their right for education.

“Hopefully, the local government would be able to provide education for these children,” Moata stated.

In addition, Moata suggested related stakeholders to include learning modules regarding threats of violence in the education curriculum for children and women.

“I hope the Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry would work along with relevant ministries or institutions to create a new formula in learning models that pay attention to the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual aspects for children,” Moata added.

Source: Antara News