SEX-CREMINATION | Gender equality: A call for presidential candidates

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As the Feb. 14, 2024 elections draw nearer, all presumptive presidential candidates stand a rare opportunity to show leadership in promoting gender equality.

Considering that half of the 206 million registered eligible voters are women, and that Indonesian women are increasingly taking greater responsibility for creating an equal and fair future, it is time for candidates to disclose how they will build on the slow but steady progress of gender equality in the country over the last eight years.

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Indonesia sits in 85th place out of 149 countries in the global gender gap rankings, with 21 percent of seats in all representative bodies across the archipelago going to women. In the United Kingdom this is 22 percent and in the United States just 18 percent. Close neighbor Australia ranks 43rd with 30 percent of parliamentarians being women.

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Yohana Susana Yembise
The Jakarta Post
Jayapura, Papua   ●   Wed, June 7 2023

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