Universitas Muhammadiyah Mataram (UMMAT) held a Capacity Building Program of Student Organization (PPK ORMAWA) from June to December in Pengenjek Village. One of the programs was the Maturing Ages of Marriage (PUP) program conducted on Thursday (01/09). The program was also assisted financially by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology. On this occasion, the Regional and Urban Planning department Student Association (HMPWK) organized the program. It aimed to build awareness of suppressing the Child Marriage rate. Fifteen students were involved in the program with approximately 26 participants who came from Pengenjek people.

Meanwhile, the PUP program targeted to provide an understanding of the negative impacts of child marriage. The socialization invited the family planning officer (penyuluh KB), Supritatni, as a speaker. She represented the Regional Office of Women Empowerment, Child Protection, Citizenship Control, and Family Planning in Central Lombok. “The program was expected to improve communities’ awareness of the negative effect of child marriage. So, we can suppress the child marriage and stunting in Pengenjek village,” she hoped.

Similarly, Baiq Harly Widayanti, ST. MM, the supervisor from UMMAT, also explained that the program was socialization to prevent child marriage and helped to form communities network. “We, from UMMAT, highly hope for all women in this women’s school. I hope they can share this information with other communities. So, the problem of child marriage (in Lombok) can be reduced and suppressed,” she said.