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Indonesian women playing leading role in SMEs: W20 chair

Indonesian women are playing a major role in small and medium enterprises (SMEs), chair of Women-20 (W20), Hadriani Uli ...

IPU should realise US$100 million annual climate change fund: Speaker

House of Representatives' (DPR RI's) Speaker Puan Maharani pushed members of the Inter-Parliamentary Union ...

Sexual Violence Crime Bill a form of Indonesia's commitment: DPR

House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani stated that the Bill on the Crime of Sexual Violence was a form of ...

IPU to discuss Russia-Ukraine conflict despite delegations' absence

The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) will still discuss the Russia-Ukraine conflict despite the absence of their ...

President Jokowi to inaugurate 144th IPU Assembly

Indonesian President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) is scheduled to open the 144th Session of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) ...

Everyone must become women's empowerment agent: Minister Puspayoga

Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Bintang Puspayoga, in a press statement issued on Friday, urged ...

Regional heads' commitment to gender mainstreaming still low: Ministry

Regional heads' commitment to implementing Gender Mainstreaming (PUG) and Gender-Responsive Planning and Budgeting ...

Minister supports sustainable investment to achieve SDGs targets

Coordinating Economic Affairs Minister Airlangga Hartarto encourages sustainable investment in the country to encourage ...

UN underlines challenges to women's access to sustainable energy

Assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of UN Women, Asa Regner, has underlined ...

Pandemic a chance for women to usher change:co-sous sherpa

Women can play a transformational role for more sustainable recovery, according to G20’s co-sous sherpa Hari ...

Creating a gender-just ecosystem for a sustainable future

Women face real challenges in all aspects, particularly in terms of gender equality. This makes it important to find ...

Bali: Ministry crowns Beraban, Dauh Peken as women-friendly villages

The Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Ministry has named two villages, Beraban and Dauh Peken in Tabanan ...

MPR deputy speaker asks ASEAN countries to promote gender equality

People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Deputy Speaker Lestari Moerdijat has urged ambassadors of various member ...

Ministry asks finance institutions to be more gender inclusive

Gender Equality Deputy at the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Lenny N. Rosalin has urged ...

KSP's task force to expedite passage of Domestic Worker Bill

The Presidential Staff Office (KSP) announced that it will initiate the formation of a task force for the Domestic ...