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Lawmakers in Indonesia press universities over handling of sexual harassment
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Nationwide, all public universities have established such task forces, while implementation in private universities has reached about 65 per cent.
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JAKARTA - Lawmakers on April 20 pressed the government and university leaders to strengthen campus sexual harassment safeguards, following public outrage over recent cases involving dozens of University of Indonesia (UI) students and a Padjadjaran University professor.
UI has suspended 16 law students over a group chat containing vulgar remarks and the objectification of female students and lecturers, while Padjadjaran University has suspended a professor from its Faculty of Nursing who allegedly sent lewd messages to an exchange student.
