The Jakarta Provincial Government released the 2025 Women's Life Experience Survey (SPHPD) in April 2026.
In the report, it was revealed that 1 in 3 (34.45%) women aged 15-64 in Jakarta who have/had a partner have experienced restrictions on their activities by their husbands/partners during their lives.
Women in Jakarta also experience economic violence and emotional violence from their partners, with prevalence reaching 14.63% and 7.74% in 2025.
Meanwhile, the prevalence of physical and/or sexual violence against women in Jakarta committed by their husbands/partners in 2025 reached 7.19%, an increase compared to 7.06% in 2024.
In its report, the Jakarta Provincial Government detailed the types of violence against women committed by husbands/partners as follows:
Restrictions on activities
- Prohibited from meeting friends;
- Prohibited from contacting family members;
- The partner always wants to know their whereabouts at all times;
- Ignored and indifferent;
- Suspected of being unfaithful;
- Required to ask permission when seeking medical treatment;
- Restricted from worshipping; or
- Scolded if talking to other men.
Economic
- Ever stopped/rejected a job offer that would earn money because the husband didn't like it;
- Had their income or savings taken without their consent; or
- Ever been denied household shopping money, even though the husband/partner had the money.
Emotional
- Insulted or made to feel inferior;
- Humiliated or embarrassed in front of others;
- Threatened or intimidated (for example, through the way he looks, by shouting or smashing something);
- Threatened to harm the victim or the people they love; or
- Other emotional violence.
Physical
- Slapped or thrown something that could hurt;
- Pushed or grabbed by the hair;
- Hit with a hand or with an object that could hurt;
- Kicked, dragged, or beaten;
- Strangled or deliberately set on fire;
- Threatened with or actually using firearms, sharp weapons, or other weapons; or
- Other physical violence.
Sexual
- Physically forced to have sexual intercourse they don't want;
- Having sexual intercourse that they don't really want, but do it because they're afraid of what their current/last partner or previous partners might do;
- Forced to engage in sexually humiliating or degrading acts; or
- Forced to have sexual relations with others.
SPHPD 2025 adopted the World Health Organization (WHO) questionnaire "Women's Health and Life Experience".
The survey was conducted in 178 selected neighborhoods across all districts of the DKI Jakarta Province in April-June 2025 and August-September 2025.
The target sample was 3,000 households, with the target respondents being women of productive age (15-64 years old) and not allowed to be represented.
Data collection was carried out in two stages, namely updating and interviews. The updating used the paper-based method, and the interviews were conducted privately and recorded in the CAWI application.