Climate change exacerbates violence against women and children

This project aims to scope Indonesian policy and business responses to forced labour and the impacts on vulnerable women and children, especially those exposed to natural disasters, exacerbated by climate change. The project will take a particular focus on the risks of rising sea levels to coastal villages, the risk of forced migration that arise from land loss, and the intersection with forced labour.

This project addresses a gap in international responses to sea-level rising in coastal communities and forced labour of women and children. The findings will have significance for responses both in Indonesia and internationally.

Climate change exacerbates violence against women and children. It also increases the risk of structural violence for children and young people, and increases the risk of forced labour.

This project is in partnership with the Badan Riset Dan Inovasi Nasional  (BRIN) and Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP ) in Indonesia, and is supported by the DFAT KONEKSI Knowledge Partnership Platform Australia-Indonesia.

BRIN Research Team

Dr Nawawi

Head of the Research Center for Population, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Vera Bararah Barid

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Agus Suntoro

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Nurrahman Aji Utomo

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Josefhin Mareta

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Inayah Hidayati

Research Center for Population, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Aditya Rahmadhony

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Ade Angelia Yusniar Marbun

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Dewi Analis Indriyani

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Adis Nur Hayati

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

Ahmad Fathony

Research Center for Law, Badan Riset dan Inovasi Nasional, Indonesia

UNDIP & NGO Research Team