iajlIAJLIAJL2709-949010.47310/iajl.2025.v06i01.001Effectiveness and Challenges in Handling Violence Against Women: A Case Study In Parigi Mautong DistrictNurhayatiMardinViviNurGalbiAdigunaKharismawanAndiNurulIsnawidiawinartiFaculty of Law, Tadulako University, IndonesiaThis study aims to determine the effectiveness of handling criminal acts of Violence against women in Parigi Mautong Regency, analyze the factors that hinder the handling of Violence against women in Parigi Mauton, and find out and analyze the efforts made in handling cases of Violence against women in the Parigi Mautong area. The research method used is empirical juridical. The problems include three things, namely How is the effectiveness of handling Violence against women by the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Service in Parigi Mautong Regency, What factors hinder the handling of Violence against women in Parigi Mautong, What efforts are made in handling cases of Violence against women in the Parigi Mautong Regency Area. The results and discussion show that the handling of Violence against women by the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Service of Parigi Moutong Regency has been carried out optimally from the reporting stage to assistance in the legal process, the factors that hinder the implementation of handling criminal acts of sexual violence are administrative and obstacles originating from victims who are not cooperative because they are afraid to report so that the handling of cases is hampered. Efforts to overcome criminal acts of Violence against women carried out by the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Service of Parigi Mautong Regency are carried out through preventive efforts in the form of socialization and counseling carried out by collaborating with partners such as community organizations.