Deputy Governor of Jakarta Ahmad Riza Patria here on Tuesday pointed to congestion on some roads in the city, thereby indicating that the situation in Jakarta .
Search A woman shows a message written on her back during International Women s Day rally in Central Jakarta on March 8, 2021. (JG Photo/Yudha Baskoro) Women Aren’t Property : Activists Demand Protection from Sexual Violence BY :YUDHA BASKORO MARCH 08, 2021
Jakarta. Women in Jakarta participated in a march to commemorate International Women s Day on Monday, demanding that the government enact sexual violence eradication bill into law.
They carried posters with slogans criticizing violence, rape culture and unequal work environment in Indonesia. One of them showed a placard that reads “Women aren’t Property”.
A recent survey by L Oréal-IPSOS Indonesia found that 82 percent of Indonesian women interviewed claimed to have been harassed in public places.
Jakarta s Sudirman area, which usually jammed with heavy traffic, goes empty following a mass self-isolation by Jakartans to prevent the spread of the Covid-19. - Jakarta Post/Asian News Network JAKARTA, Jan 23 (Jakarta Post/ANN): For the first time in years, Jakarta is not on the list of the most congested cities around the globe as a recent report mentions that the city shows improvements in untangling the traffic jams.
The 2020 TomTom Traffic Index, an annual report published by Dutch location technology company TomTom, ranks the Indonesian capital the 37th-most-congested city in the world.
The city ranked 10th in the 2019 report. The index shows that the average congestion level in Jakarta was 36 per cent in 2020, down from 53 per cent in the previous year.