Indonesia’s National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) is an independent national institution that promotes women’s human rights in Indonesia. The Commission was established by the Presidential Decree number 181 in 1998, on October 15. In response to organizational development within Komnas Perempuan, Presidential Decree number 65 and 66 was signed in 2005, superseding the former decree.
Komnas Perempuan was established in response to the vehement demand of civil society, especially women, for state’s responsibility on handling cases of violence against women. The demand was subsequent to mass rape and other forms of sexual attacks against Chinese women during May 1998 riots occurred in Jakarta and several other big cities in Indonesia.
Komnas Perempuan’s framework is developed by referring to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, the Act no 7/1984 on the Ratification of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), the Act no 5/1998 on the Ratification of the International Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or punishment (CAT), the International Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women and other policies on human rights.
Based on Presidential Decree No. 65/2005, the purposes of Komnas Perempuan are:
To build conducive situation for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and the fulfillment of women’s rights in Indonesia,
To increase prevention efforts for all form of violence against women and protection of women’s rights.
Presidential Decree No. 65/2005 gives Komnas Perempuan mandate:
To increase awareness of all forms of violence against women and prevention efforts and elimination of all forms of violence against women,
To provide research of all rules and laws, and international instruments relevant for protection of women’s rights,
To monitor, which includes fact finding and documentation of violence against women and violation of women’s rights, and to disseminate the results of monitoring activities to the general public, and to take actions for accountability and handling cases of violence against women,
To give recomendations to government, legislative and judicative bodies, as well as civil organizations to support law and policy making that strengthen the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against women, and protection of women’s rights,
To build regional and international partnership in order to increase prevention efforts and elimination of all forms of violence against women and also protection, and fulfillment of women’s rights.
Role
The execution of its mandate puts Komnas Perempuan to take the roles as:
observer and rapporteur for violation of gender-based human rights and for fulfillment of women’s human rights as victims;
resource center for women’s human rights;
initiator for policy reforms and policy making;
negotiator and mediator between government and victims and women’s human rights defenders, highlighting the interests of the victims;
facilitator for the development of local, national and international networks to prevent violence against women and to build their capacity in eliminating all forms of violence against women.
Beneficiaries of Komnas Perempuan activities:
Women victims of violence;
Women vulnerable to violence;
Women human rights defenders;
Women Crisis Center;
The State, through the availability of inputs for strategic steps to carry out its responsibility to fulfill human rights as mandated by the constitution and as its commitment to the international community.
The Mandatory, 2010-2014
The plenary meeting of Komnas Perempuan’s commisioners (rapat paripurna) is the highest authority in the decision-making process of the mandatory. The Commissioners, members of the plenary, were chosen from various backgrounds and subject to the Paris Principles on human rights mechanism. The election is held openly, conducted by an independent team that holds consultation with partners in deciding the criteria and the selection process details. To ensure the continuity of the organization’s initiatives, and to see that democratic principles are observed, an individual may only be elected twice in a row and the reelected Commissioner must not exceed 30% of the total number of Commissioners.
There are fifteen Commissioners for the term of 2010-2014. Amongst them, a chairperson and two vice chairpersons were elected. The rest are to head Sub-commissions and Task Forces to ensure the fulfillment of the mandates of Komnas Perempuan, namely the Sub-commissions of Monitoring, Development of Recovery System, Legal and Policy Reformation, Research and Development, Public Participation, and Task Forces for Papua, Migrant Workers and Women in Constitution and National Legal System.
In its works, the Commissioners obtain assistance from the Executive Committee, led by a General Secretary. The Executive committee consists of divisions and units according to the needs of the existing sub-commissions and task forces, in addition to the five secretarial offices: General, Human Resources, Finance, Information and Documentation, and Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation.
To complement the organizational structure of HR in the National Commission for Women, required candidates for the position:
Assistant Area Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation (PME Assistant)
Criteria for the position are:
- Have experience in managing the program at least 1 year
- Understanding the basics of budget planning, monitoring and evaluation
- Have experience in conducting writing reporting
- Having a human rights perspective and Gender
- Minimum S-1
- Highly committed to the institution
- Able to work in teams
- Able to speak English
- Mastering MS Office and Excel
- The Applicants are expected to:
Send cover letter and full CV.
Attach copies or photocopies of supporting documents, including a picture of yourself.
Applications addressed to:
Komisi Nasional Anti Kekerasan terhadap Perempuan
Jl. Latuharhari 4B Jakarta 10310
Or via email:
mail@komnasperempuan.or.id
We hope our application has been received on 5 July 2011.
Only qualified applicants will be called for further processing.
