STRATEGY FOR HANDLING CHILDREN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY DP5A CITY OF SURABAYA

DiA: Jurnal Administrasi Publik, 2021 December Vol. 19 No. 2, e-ISSN: 2615-7268 STRATEGY FOR HANDLING CHILDREN VICTIMS OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE BY DP5A CITY OF SURABAYA Irfan Dwi Saputra Department of Public Administration University of UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Surabaya Tukiman Department of Public Administration University of UPN “Veteran” Jawa Timur, Surabaya ABSTRACT Cases of sexual violence against children are currently still in the spotlight. Many factors cause this to happen, such as the social environment, advances in information and communication technology, and opportunities. Children who are victims of sexual violence will experience physical, psychological and psychological suffering, as well as social suffering.In dealing with child victims of sexual violence, DP5A has a strategy for children who are victims of sexual violence, namely collaborating with institutions related to handling, picking up the ball with the Puspaga, and being the manager of PPTP2A. The program of the strategy is to provide social rehabilitation, legal assistance, and health identification. This research uses descriptive qualitative method, using SWOT analysis technique. This research results that the strategy for handling child victims of sexual violence by DP5A has been running by utilizing strengths and opportunities, but it is still not optimal enough due to weaknesses and threats in handling. Keywords: Strategy, Children, Sexual Violence. A. INTRODUCTION A child is someone who is not yet 18 (eighteen) years old, including a child who is still in the womb, this definition is explained in the Undang-Undang No. 35 Tahun 2014 concerning Child Protection. As a resource, citizen and hope of the nation, a child has rights as stated in the Undang-Undang No. 35 Tahun 2014 concerning Child Protection Pasal 9 Ayat (1), namely "Every child has the right to receive education and teaching in the context of personal development and intelligence level. According to interests and talents. Article 15 also states that "Every child has the right to obtain protection from abuse in political activities, involvement in armed conflicts, involvement in social unrest, involvement in events that contain elements of violence, involvement in war and sexual crimes". The existence of equality of position, rights and obligations for the Indonesian people to provide equality as explained in the Undang-Undang Dasar Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945, Pasal 28I Ayat (2) which reads, "Everyone is 57 DiA: Jurnal Administrasi Publik, 2021 December Vol. 19 No. 2, e-ISSN: 2615-7268 free from discriminatory treatment, then both men and women have the right to to participate in every aspect of social and state life”. However, there are gaps in the implementation of the law in social life, such as gender gaps in opportunities and control over resources, the economy of power and political participation quoted from (KemenPPPA, 2017) Violence against children is still a problem that often occurs and we often find today. The definition of violence against children is as explained in the Undang-Undang No. 35 Tahun 2014 Pasal 13 concerning Child Protection Pasal 1 Ayat (15a), namely "Violence is any act against children that results in physical, psychological, sexual misery or suffering, and/or neglect, including threats to commit acts, coercion, or unlawful deprivation of liberty.” Based on this explanation, the violence committed can be in the form of physical violence, sexual violence, emotional or psychological violence. The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) received 3,928 cases of violence against children. Nahar, SH. MSi as the Deputy for Child Protection of the Ministry of PPPA said that the report was obtained from the Online Information System for the Protection of Women and Children (Simphoni PPA) which was collected from January 1 to July 31, 2020. As of August 18, 2020, the number of cases of sexual violence against children had increased to 4,833 cases. Most of these reports were submitted from the provinces of East Java, East Kalimantan, Southeast Sulawesi and North Maluku. In detail, Nahar explained that the reports received by the PPPA Symphony consisted of 68 victims of exploitation, 73 victims of TIP, 346 victims of neglect, 979 victims of psychological violence, 1,111 victims of physical violence and 2. 556 victims of sexual violence quoted from (Suara.com, 2020). Sexual violence occupies the first position as the largest contributor to cases of violence against children in Indonesia. The Indonesian government has an obligation to provide protection for children who are victims of sexual violence by applying the Undang-Undang No. 35 Tahun 2014 concerning Amendments to the Undang-Undang No. 23 Tahun 2002 concerning Child Protection explicitly. The application and implementation of the law is to ensure the welfare of every citizen, including the protection of a child's right to survival, growth and development. In addition, the state provides protection from violence and discrimination in order to improve the protection of children. With the existence of the Undang-Undang No. 35 Tahun 2014 concerning Child Protection, the hope is to strengthen the rights of a child, protect children from all forms of violence, emphasize the weighting of criminal sanctions for perpetrators of violence to provide a deterrent effect, as one of the largest cities in Indonesia with a population of 3,158,943 million in 2019, compiled from the Indonesian Central Statistics Agency, Surabaya has a high potential for sexual violence against children. Sexual violence against children is a planned crime by a person or group, generally carried out by parties who are older than the victim. This is in the spotlight of the Surabaya City Government because it has a bad impact on a child who has survived sexual violence. The core problem in this research is the number of cases of sexual violence against children that occur in the city of Surabaya. As reported on 58 DiA: Jurnal Administrasi Publik, 2021 December Vol. 19 No. 2, e-ISSN: 2615-7268 Radarsurabaya.com, a food guard sexually assaulted four minors. There are allegations that the suspect also molested another child with an age range of 5-10 years. The report explains that every act of sexual violence against children can be carried out for various reasons, modes, and can be done by anyone. The problem of sexual violence against children is something that can be said to be very urgent and dangerous, if every week or even every second, sexual violence against children occurs every second it will threaten the security, safety, and comfort of a child. A child who is a victim of sexual violence will tend to shut down. This tendency is due to the deep trauma caused by the violence he experienced and the powerlessness to fight against those who commit violence against him are also tendencies in the thoughts of the child victims of sexual violence. 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