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Violence Looms Over Women and Children

Major natural disasters throughout the country in recent years have caused problems for displaced people, especially women and children.

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Kristin, an earthquake survivor from Jono Oge Village, Biromaru District, Sigi Regency, Central Sulawesi, prepares consumption for children under five, pregnant women, and breastfeeding mothers at the refugee post in Pombene Village, Biromaru, Saturday (27/10/2018).

PALU, KOMPAS — Major natural disasters throughout the country in recent years have caused problems for displaced people, especially women and children. Inadequate and unsafe facilities in temporary shelter centers leave them vulnerable to violence.

A Kompas survey on people displaced by disasters from October 22-29, in West Nusa Tenggara (North Lombok and West Lombok regencies) and Central Sulawesi (Palu and Sigi), with 100 respondents in each temporary shelter camps, shows that up to 8 percent of female respondents have been victims of violence and sexual harassment in the camps.

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