Jakarta, Jan. 9 -- The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection is strengthening the role of Family Learning Centers (Puspaga) and Regional Technical Units for Women and Child Protection (UPTD PPA) to prevent and handle child marriage.

"We are doing this by strengthening the role of Puspaga and UPTD PPA, and by developing a monitoring system for the National Strategy for the Prevention of Child Marriage (Stranas PPA) based on cross-sector data integration," said Deputy for Child Rights Fulfillment Pribudiarta Nur Sitepu said here on Friday.

According to him, every application for marriage dispensation must be preceded by a comprehensive assessment of the child's condition, covering psychological, health, educational, social,...