By Naptania Rouli Sihite.
Violence still occurs in Indonesia, including in Lampung. Young people need to have an understanding and awareness about violence, so Multiplication of Stube HEMAT in Lampung equipped young people to know the types of violence and its effects through a seminar at Pondok Diakonia, Batanghari, East Lampung (22/9/2022). All the members of Pondok Diakonia participated in the seminar. There are several speakers included Iptu Erson, the Head of the Batanghari Police, and Syahrul Fadhol and Vivi, members of the Batanghari Police.
In the seminar, the speakers explained that the government keeps trying to prevent violence against children. Violence cases caused victims and frequently the victims are children. According to the definition of a child as a victim, a child who becomes a victim of a crime is a child under the age of 18 (eighteen) years who experiences physical, mental, or economic loss caused by a criminal act, by Article 1 point 4 of Law no. 11/2012. While a 'victim' is a person, either individually or collectively, who has suffered harm, including physical or mental injury, emotional suffering, economic loss or injured human rights, through intentional or unintentional actions that are contrary to the applicable criminal law.
Next, the question arises, what is meant by violence? Violence is any act against child that results in physical, psychological, sexual misery or suffering, or neglect, including threats to commit acts, coercion, or unlawful deprivation of liberty. (Article 1 verse 16 of RI Law No. 35 of 2014 concerning amendments to RI Law No. 23 of 2002 on child protection). There are four forms of violence according to Law no. 23 of 2004: physical violence: physical violence is an act that causes pain, falls ill, or seriously injured. Psychological violence is an act that results in fear, loss of self-confidence, loss of ability to act, feeling helpless, and/or severe psychological suffering in a person. Sexual violence is any act in the form of forced sexual intercourse, forced sexual intercourse in an unnatural and/or unwelcome way, or forcing sexual relations with other people for commercial purposes and/or certain purposes. Abandonment of the household: neglect of the household includes two actions, namely: 1) a person who has a legal obligation or because of an agreement or agreement to provide life, care, or maintenance to that person within the scope of the household but does not carry out these obligations. 2) any person who causes economic dependence by limiting and/or prohibiting proper work inside and outside the household so that the victim is under the control of that person.
In particular, the speaker encouraged if we find out violence against children and women, we can handle cases by reporting to the officials or police and be not afraid. After reporting, the police, especially the PPA unit, will carry out investigations, fingerprints, prosecution, and trials. Parents and families should do positive activities that can increase the closeness in the family, for example watching movies, exercising, playing with children, recreation, and so on. Although legal protection for children and women who have experienced violence has been pursued through legal protection efforts, parents and those closest to the child need to be proactive in playing a role in good parenting, and related parties join hands in efforts to prevent it.
The current socialization enlightened the participants as stated by Griya Yolanda, “I am very happy for the socialization about violence against children and women and its regulations. I've never had any information about it before, so I can be wary of violence and know a little bit about the law."
From the seminar, participants found out that efforts to prevent violence against children are the responsibility of parents, families, communities, government, and the state continuously for the protection of children's and women's rights, and dare to report violations in the form of violence.***