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Sat, 08/30/2008 - 15:18
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FIRST LADY : RI WOMEN'S PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS STILL LIMITED
Jakarta, Aug. 30 (ANTARA) - First Lady Ani Yudhoyono said Indonesian women's participation in politics was still very limited despite the existence of a law requiring 30 percent of seats in political representation bodies to be given to women.
Mrs. Ani Yudhoyono made the statement at the Monas (National Monument) here on Saturday when officially kicking off a two-day exhibition to mark one decade of Indonesian women's awakening in conjunction with the centennial of National Awakening.
"We must admit that the role of women in the political field must still be intensified," she said.
She hoped that in the future the number of female legislators in the country would surpass the quota.
Meanwhile, State Minister of Women's Empowerment Meutia Hatta called on political party leaders to give more opportunities to women so that the 30-percent quota could be met.
The minister, daughter of Indonesia's former vice president Mohamad Hatta, also urged women to improve the quality of their capabilities so that they would be able to equal their male partners in the political field.
Meutia, who is also chairperson of the Indonesian Unity and Justice Party (PKPI), said 45 percent of her party's legislative nominees were women.
If women were not empowered properly, national development would be imbalanced because women were an asset, not a burden nor an obstacle, to development.
Mrs. Ani Yudhoyono made the statement at the Monas (National Monument) here on Saturday when officially kicking off a two-day exhibition to mark one decade of Indonesian women's awakening in conjunction with the centennial of National Awakening.
"We must admit that the role of women in the political field must still be intensified," she said.
She hoped that in the future the number of female legislators in the country would surpass the quota.
Meanwhile, State Minister of Women's Empowerment Meutia Hatta called on political party leaders to give more opportunities to women so that the 30-percent quota could be met.
The minister, daughter of Indonesia's former vice president Mohamad Hatta, also urged women to improve the quality of their capabilities so that they would be able to equal their male partners in the political field.
Meutia, who is also chairperson of the Indonesian Unity and Justice Party (PKPI), said 45 percent of her party's legislative nominees were women.
If women were not empowered properly, national development would be imbalanced because women were an asset, not a burden nor an obstacle, to development.
