President Jokowi Formalized The Indonesian Women's Catholic Congress XX, October 30, 2018

JAKARTA - Today four years ago, October 30, 2018, President Jokowi inaugurated the opening of the Indonesian Catholic Women's Congress (WKRI) XX. The inauguration was carried out by the Grand Mercure Hotel, Kemayoran, Central Jakarta.

He also conveyed a special message for women. For Jokowi, Indonesian women have more abilities. In everyday life alone, women can be transformed as anything. As a wife, mother, and worker. Jokowi also invited Indonesian citizens to uphold differences.

The responsibility as a woman is quite large. He is strong. In fact, he can do everything. From kitchen matters, work, to educating children. This view was conveyed by Jokowi in the WKRI Congress.

For her, women have advantages over men. The hope of a woman's life is higher. Jokowi said all of this did not come from what he said but from Harvard Business research. He also shared that in his leadership the representation of women in the cabinet was quite high.

Jokowi is noted to have placed nine women in his ministerial ranks. The presence of women in the previous government was only three or four people at the highest.

The woman's presence is quite proof that Jokowi admits the great role of women. In fact, women are considered to be able to work as well as men. Sometimes also complement each other. Everything is done for one mission: the progress of Indonesia.

Women have a more active brain in responding to empathy. According to the World Economic Forum. Then, women/female have higher multitasking abilities than men. So if given a multi-task, women have more abilities. According to the Public Library Science. And in everyday life, this women's multitasking ability is indeed much greater than men.

Let's see, yesterday when the Asian Games, we got 31 gold, 12 gold contributed by female athletes. There is Defia Rosmaniar, there is Lindswell Kwok, there is Aries Susanti, and others. But what was enlivened when I was riding a motorcycle, not the gold earlier. The gold should have been like that, you know, the achievements should have been. If I ride a motorcycle, it's a show and entertainment. It's different," said Jokowi as quoted on the Cabinet Secretariat website.

The number one Indonesian person does not only discuss the role of Dutch women. Jokowi also invited WKRI to participate in perpetuating the spirit of tolerance. Moreover, Indonesia comes from hundreds of diverse ethnic groups.

Diversity has also become an identity of Indonesia that must be maintained. That is the pride of Indonesia. Jokowi hopes that the Indonesian Republic of Indonesia will participate in maintaining unity, brotherhood, and harmony.

What does that mean? This country is a big country, a big country. We are given a gift by God of diversity. These 714 tribes are enormous. Very big. Try compared to Singapore. I once asked the Singapore Ambassador, how many tribes are there in Singapore. Fourth, we 714. In Afghanistan, in January I went to Afghanistan, I asked how many tribes were in Afghanistan. Seven tribes, seven, we 714. There are seven, here 714."

These differences and diversity have indeed become a gift that God has given us, the Indonesian nation. This is what we should be grateful for and we must maintain, we must care for our unity, our brotherhood, our harmony. Because the nation's greatest asset is unity, is harmony, is brotherhood," concluded President Jokowi.