Family Resilience as the Foundation for National Resilience

JAKARTA (January 8th 2020) - Director of Social Rehabilitation for Children of the Ministry of Social Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia Kanya Eka Santi representing the Director General of Social Rehabilitation became one of the speakers at the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) activity in the context of drafting an academic paper on the Law on Family Resilience of the PKS DPR RI faction at Hotel Aston South Jakarta. This time the FGD took the theme "Family Resilience as the Foundation for National Resilience".

On the occasion of the FGD, Kanya Eka Santi explained about the Protection Policy for Vulnerable Families, accompanied by examples of cases of “vulnerable households” that caused children to become victims.

According to Kanya, several reasons for a vulnerable family to dissolve and their low resilience in facing trials include the factor of a young family, recently married directly, deciding to marry into a series, become a second wife, domestic violence, a large economy of pegs rather than poles, and others.

"The children of the weakest party in the family are often victims. The bruise will disappear, but the pain will still be felt. Emotions are managed, not vented. Don't sacrifice children! " said Kanya.

Furthermore, Kanya said that family resilience is an important factor in realizing the resilience of the nation and state, because it must have a strong legal basis, Law No. 52 of 2009 on Population Development and Family Development is considered inadequate anymore, because it tends to discuss population control, not yet. focus on discussing family resilience. The Bill on Family Resilience is needed so that Indonesian children will no longer be victims of broken family relationships that lead to depression and fading of neighborhood relationships.

"The Bill on Family Resilience is based on the spirit of prevention, protection and rehabilitation of Indonesian families as a whole as the foundation for the nation's resilience and civilization," concluded Kanya.

Speakers who attended the discussion this time were Kanya Eka Santi (Director of Social Rehabilitation for Children of the Ministry of Social Affairs), and Nahar, (Deputy for Child Protection of KPPA).

This discussion was attended by representatives from the PKS faction of the DPR RI, Women and Family Resilience of the DPP PKS, BAPPENAS, Coordinating Ministry of Human Development and Culture, Ministry of Religion, KPPA, Ministry of Social Affairs, PPA Unit Police Headquarters, BKKBN, LIPI, Forensic Psychology Experts, KPAI, Kita and Buah Hati Foundation.