Day: March 23, 2023

Thus, women become leaders because the issues involve women as victims or that they concern women, even though it should not be like that. Jakarta (ANTARA) – Women’s representation should not only be improved in terms of quantitybut they must also be encouraged to occupy strategic positions, namely as policymakers, main expert staff at the Presidential Staff OfficeBrian Sriprahastutihas said.”Yes, it can be corporate policies, but what is most important is public policies,” she added during a discussion here on Thursday. Women do fill strategic positions in several programs, she remarked. However, she said, it is unfortunate that there are still perspectives that lead to the placement of women as leaders only in programs related to women as victims or issues that involve women. “Thus, women become leaders because the issues involve women as victims or that they concern women, even though it should not be like that,” she added. She also highlighted the fact that the number of women graduating from educational institutions and choosing to work until they reach strategic positions is still low. Sriprahastuti opined that the issue is a complex challenge given that the world is still masculine in nature. In addition, society still entrusts domestic tasks in families to women. This can inhibit and restrict women from developing their careers until they reach strategic positions. “As long as this world is still masculine, no matter how much affirmation is given to women, they still wouldn’t be able to compete because there is still a domestic burden attached to them,” she said. “This domestic burden is not yet shared with men, which restricts women,” she added. However, according to Sriprahastuti, in terms of quantity, women’s representation is actually equal to men’s. For instance, there are currently many women working at both government institutions and private companies. Moreover, in terms of education, the number of women pursuing education for 12 years or even up to the university level also rivals that of men. The culture that prioritizes men in pursuing education compared to women has also started to decline in society. baca-jugaRelated news: Puspayoga underlines need for gender mainstreaming in librariesRelated news: Increasing women’s political participation important: MPRRelated news: Indonesia presents good practices of gender equality at UN

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The police has called on business owners and managers of nightlife venues, such as hotels and cafes in downtown of Jakarta, Setiabudi, to comply with the regulated operating hours during the Ramadan 1444 Hijri.”We have conducted the dissemination of information and directly visited many nightlife venues in Setiabudi,” Setiabudi Police Chief Commissioner Arif Purnama Oktoraremarked here on Thursday. He explained that some 24 entertainment venues in Setiabudi, ranging from discotheques, hotels and karaoke bars to cafes have expressed their commitment to abide by the rules during Ramadan. “We carried out this activity with the sub-district, military, and police personnel,” he remarked. In addition to nightlife venues, Oktora said his side also visited several schools in the Setiabudi area to advise students to avoid brawls, suhoor (sahur) on the road, and join street convoys. Oktora said his team also conducted an informative activity in the Epicentrum area to help maintain public order and safety during Ramadan. “This is the agenda of the Greater Jakarta Police Chief to improve police performance in the community while increasing community participation in preventing public order and safety disturbances,” he remarked. Based on the circular issued by the Jakarta Economic and Creative Tourism Office concerning the implementation of tourism business during the Ramadan month and Eid al-Fitr, the government regulates the operating hours of nightlife venues that are part of four-star and five-star hotels. Nightclubs, discotheques, and executive karaoke bars should only open from 8:30 p.m. to 12 a.m. local time, while saunas should only operate from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. local time; massage houses, from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. local time; and entertainment centers, amusement arcades, and drinking bars, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. local time. Family karaoke centers can remain open from 2 p.m. to 12 a.m. local time during Ramadan. The police expects all nightlife establishments to follow the regulation to respect Muslims performing Ramadan worship. baca-jugaRelated news: Ramadhan to start on Mar 23; hilal meets MABIMS requirement: ministerRelated news: VP urges Muslims to focus on self-improvement during RamadhanRelated news: BI readies Rp195 trillion in cash before Ramadan, Eid al-Fitr

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The General Election Supervisory Agency (Bawaslu) has urged everyone, particularly political parties contesting the 2024 elections, to refrain from carrying out campaign activities or agendas during Ramadan.”(During the course of Ramadan) there has to be no activity of appealing (people to select any contestant) in the February 14, 2024, election,” Bawaslu head Rahmat Bagja said here on Thursday. similar appeal was made by Bawaslu member Lolly Suhenty on the sidelines of an event during which the agency held a dialogue with political parties participating in the 2024 elections. She said that political parties competing in 2024 should not mix up good deeds during the Islamic holy month with veiled political campaigns. “What’s prohibited by the General Election Supervisory Agency is mixing good deeds with hidden campaigns,” she added. However, she stressed that the agency has not prohibited political parties from doing good deeds during the Islamic holy month. “The agency does not prohibit people from giving charity. The agency does not prohibit people from donating,” she clarified. What the agency has prohibited, however, is in accordance with Law Number 7 of 2017 on General Election. “For example, promising to give money or other material things, whether it is during the campaign period, counting vote period, or during election silence,” Suhenty pointed out. She said that currently, the general election proceeding is in the period of political party announcement, during which people are provided details regarding political parties’ numbers. The campaign period itself will start from November 28, 2023, she informed. During the socialization period, political parties are not permitted to promote themselves or give out any kind of campaign materials, such as those related to their vision and mission, programs, or image, she elaborated. baca-jugaRelated news: Steer clear of politicizing religion in 2024 elections: MinistryRelated news: KPU asks Bawaslu to reprimand parties promoting identity politicsRelated news: KPU, Bawaslu must prevent campaign funding violations: MPR

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian government encourages the immediate realization of the young professionals exchange program between Indonesia and Switzerland.The young professionals exchange program will be discussed during the Joint Working Group (JWG) 3 that will be held in Switzerland this month, Manpower Ministry’s Secretary GeneralAnwar Sanusinoted through a statement, Thursday. This was agreed upon during a bilateral meeting between Sanusi and Head of International Labour Affairs, SECO Valerie Berset Bircher in Geneva. Sanusi noted that the young professionals exchange program is one of the ministry’s steps to produce more young professionals through the Independent Workforce (TKM) program. “I believe that there are many things that can be developed within this exchange program. This includes strengthening their capacity by giving them training and internship in a Swiss company,” he noted. “This will be the means to internalize ideas that they obtain during the exchange process,” he added. The other matter that was agreed upon relates to the theme to be raised within the JWG 3, specifically manpower readiness in the gig platform, he revealed. “I believe that this theme is very relevant, and we agreed on how this theme can respond as best as it can,” he said. “We prepare Indonesian human resources, so that they have the capacity to run this gig platform,” he stated. The last matter to be discussed in the JWG 3 is training, specifically benchmarking for vocational training institutions in Switzerland. “We agreed that the mechanism that will be used is the combination between seminar and visitation,” he explained. Moreover, Sanusi conducted a bilateral meeting with Indian Labor and Employment Ministry’s Labor SecretaryArti Ahujain Geneva. baca-jugaRelated news: Merdeka student exchange upholds unity in diversity: MinistryRelated news: 138 varsities to host 12,420 exchange students under PMM ProgramRelated news: Students can benefit from learning outside their majors: ministry

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Manpower Ministry stated that India is keen to learn from Indonesia’s success in organizing the G20 Employment Working Group (EWG) and Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting (LEMM).They want to learn not just how to lead a session but also manage the activity in a way that leaves an impression, Ministry’s Secretary General, Anwar Sanusi, noted through a statement on Thursday. While conducting a bilateral meeting with Indian Labor and Employment Ministry’s Labor Secretary Arti Ahuja in Geneva, he noted that India, as the current holder of the G20 presidency for 2023, is keen to take a cue from Indonesia that held it last year. During the meeting, he echoed Indonesia’s readiness to support and make India’s G20 Presidency in 2023 a success, especially since Indonesia is serving as co-chair along with India and Brazil. Indonesia supports the priority issues raised by India, specifically those related to the efforts to close the skills gap, social protection, empowerment of gig workers, and sustainable social insurance financing. “What is more important is how we connect that theme raised by India with the theme in the Indonesia G20 presidency last year to promote continuity,” he stated. baca-jugaRelated news: Indonesia supports India G20 Presidency’s agenda: Ministry Last year, Indonesia’s G20 Presidency produced five documents, and several of them are related to India’s G20 presidency theme. One of the issues is related to the development of human resources in the gig-platform economy. “In any case, the gig-platform economy forces human resources to have sufficient capacity and capability, so that they can utilize this situation and even improve productivity,” Sanusi remarked. In terms of the gig economy, Indonesia also spoke about how to create an inclusive work market, specifically one that offers opportunities to disabled groups. “Our allyship to the (disabled) groups must be a theme that should be raised,” he affirmed. baca-jugaRelated news: Indonesia suggests new working groups under India’s G20 Presidency Related news: W20 Indonesia urges India to continue women’s empowerment agenda

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy commended the efforts made by the provincial governments of West Papua and Southwest Papua in the context of tackling extreme poverty and reducing stunting.”We appreciate the steps been taken by the regional governments, both the provincial government and the district/city governments in West Papua and Southwest Papua in dealing with extreme poverty and stunting,” Effendy noted in his statement in Jakarta, Thursday. Menko PMK assessed that regional governments in the local area have coordinated and synchronized policies intensively to address these two priority issues. “Kemenko PMK continues to remind that program coordination and synchronization is the main key in suppressing these two priority issues,” he stated. Effendy called for the need to concurrently handle extreme poverty and stunting, as the two are co-related. ccording to the minister, this aims to support the government’s target of reducing the prevalence of stunting nationally to 14 percent in 2024 and eliminating extreme poverty, from four percent in 2021 to zero percent in 2024. Based on reports from the local government, the extreme poverty rate in West Papua Province has decreased, from 10.28 percent in 2021 to 9.43 percent in 2022. Meanwhile, in Southwest Papua Province, the extreme poverty rate dropped, from 9.05 percent in 2021 to 7.37 percent in 2022. Sorong District is one of the areas that has experienced a reduction in the extreme poverty rate, from 14.86 percent in 2021 to 12.09 percent in 2022. ssistant of Government and People’s Welfare of Sorong District, Suroso, remarked that the decline was triggered by the partnership program and increased access to basic services and regional connectivity. “Our efforts to intervene in accelerating the eradication of extreme poverty are to strengthen coordination and synergy with all relevant parties,” he remarked. baca-jugaRelated news: Southwest Papua seeks to tackle extreme poverty through Paitua programRelated news: VP Amin presses for advancing poverty eradication planning in PapuaRelated news: West Papua government should resolve extreme poverty by 2021-end: Amin

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Jakarta (ANTARA) – Myanmar can emerge from conflict if Russia stops supplying weapons to the military junta, Counselor of the US Department of StateDerek Cholletsaid on Wednesday.Speaking to reporters in Jakarta, Chollet stressed that “Russia should not get a pass on this” since it is Myanmar’s most reliable friend right now in the international community, and Moscow is providing support to fuel the regime’s war machine, undermining ASEAN’s plan to cease violence and conduct national dialogue. “If we want to see a solution to the conflict inside Myanmar and want to see Myanmar return to peace and return to democracy, one way that can happen is if the junta is no longer able to import arms, and we would make a very large step in that direction if Russia were to stop supplying arms to the junta,” he added. Chollet said the US will find ways to make it harder for Myanmar to acquire those weapons by imposing further sanctions against entities inside Myanmar. So far, the United States has imposed sanctions against 80 individuals and 30 entities inside Myanmar, he informed. ccording to him, additional sanctions and measures are necessary to make it more difficult for Myanmar’s junta to generate revenue to buy weapons and fuel the war. In addition to sanctions, Chollet said that the US has also taken steps to support ASEAN and intensify pressure on the military regime in Myanmar to stop the violence, release those detained unjustly, and allow unhindered humanitarian access into the country. Since the military coup more than two years ago, the military regime in Myanmar has unleashed widespread violence not seen in this part of the world in decades. Nearly half of the nation’s population is currently living in poverty and 17.6 million people need humanitarian assistance, according to the US Department of State. Myanmar plans to stage elections this year, but the US believes that “without the participation of many of the country’s key stakeholders, it is a recipe for prolonging the violence and instability.” baca-jugaRelated news: Indonesia pushes ASEAN consensus on MyanmarRelated news: European Union supports ASEAN to overcome Myanmar crisis

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