Integrity Counseling in Protecting Golden Generation from Sexual Harassment

The number of sexual harassment victims (mostly children) are increasing every year. It shows that the government’s a wareness to protect the children is necessary. The victims will experience obstructions in growing and developing. Education, health and welfare are children’s basic needs that must be fulfilled in order to develop optimally. From 2011-2014, there are 2286 cases of sexual harassment including violence, sodomy, and pedophilia. Those cases were handled slowly so it was not enough to punished the perpetrator. Children that used to be victims could become perpetrators because of their disappointment, stress, frustration, depression, even for a revenge. Rehabilitation as a program to cure the trauma is needed in those cases. Unfortunately, rehabilitation often have limited facilities and experts so they usually facing difficulties in recovering traumatic patients. Professional psychologists and doctor specialist are also unable to cure the trauma. It is required integrated counseling from professional counselor to solving those trauma. Based on Presidential Instruction No 5 year in 2014, relevant ministries and government agencies should provide children rights protection through legal force. It is showed that protecting children as a goldenen generation is gone of government’s duty. Those duty could be done by using integrity counseling.