(HL-사건/법률) Indonesian City Bars Women from Working Late at Night

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A city in Indonesia recently began enforcing a new regulation that bars women from working after 11 o’clock at night. The regulation has produced a mix of reactions among Indonesians. The law has received international attention. The law took effect last week in Banda Aceh, the capital of Aceh Province. Aceh is the westernmost province in Indonesia. It is on the island of Sumatra. Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal is the mayor of Banda Aceh. She is the city’s first female mayor. Ms. Djamal says the Aceh provincial administration approved the law in early June. She says she later made a few changes, based on the situations and conditions in Banda Aceh.
* enforce = (법률 등을) 집행(시행/실시)하다/ bar (sb from (doing) sth) = ~에게 (~하는 것을) 금하다/ take effect = (법률이) 실시되다, 발효하다; 효과가 나타나다/ westernmost = 가장 서쪽의   

The law is directed at women who work in what officials are calling recreational areas, such as Internet cafés, coffee shops and sports centers. The mayor says the measure orders business owners to not let women work after 11 p.m. Ms. Djamal says the purpose of the law is “to protect female workers.” She says it is dangerous for women to work in recreational areas late at night. She says the rule aims to prevent sexual violence against women. The mayor says business owners, not their female employees, will be punished for violating the law. She adds that the Banda Aceh administration might revoke a business’s permit to operate if it violates the law.
* be directed at ~ = ~를(에) 겨낭하다/ measure = 조치(정책)/ sexual violence = 성폭력/ revoke = 폐지(철회/취소)하다

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