Erick Thohir Meets PPPA Minister And Veronica Tan, Discuss What?

JAKARTA - Minister of State-Owned Enterprises (BUMN) Erick Thohir met with the Minister of Women and Children Protection (PPPA) Ariftah Fauzi. This meeting is to discuss the synergy of the mother and child program.

The meeting between Erick and Minister Arifah took place at the BUMN Ministry office, Jakarta. Deputy Minister of PPPA Veronica Tan and Deputy Minister of BUMN Aminuddin Ma'ruf also participated in the meeting.

Furthermore, Erick said this step also departed from the direction of President Prabowo Subianto who wanted each ministry to work together.

"Indeed, this is what President Pak Prabowo always talks about, respectively, so that this must be synergized. Don't let it be inefficient for one program and the other," he said at a press conference at the Ministry of SOEs Office, Jakarta, Tuesday, December 24.

SOEs, continued Erick, also have a PMN Mekaar program that empowers women in villages that will have a good impact on children. According to him, this program can be synergized with the PPPA Ministry program.

"We do have the Mekaar PNM program, where the program is how to empower women in villages that can be synergized with the ministry of empowerment program rather than women and of course children. There, how can we maximize also conduct or assistance to be a good household, of course," he explained.

In addition, Erick said that he would maximize women's empowerment through consultation and assistance to create a good household, of course.

"Because again it is impossible for this nation to become a great nation without education, rather than welfare in its family as a basis than all better leadership or human beings," he said.

Meanwhile, PPPA Minister Arifah Fauzi appreciated the synergy and collaboration between ministries. He said the programs in SOEs were also in line with the Ministry of PPPA.

"It turns out that the programs carried out and what will be planned by the Ministry of SOEs are in good health with our program, namely the Indonesian Joint Room," he said.

Furthermore, Arifah said the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Education had determined three priority programs. One of them is the Village-based Indonesian Joint Room.

Then, maximize the function of the call center greeting 129. While the third is the one data program about women and children based on villages.

According to Arifah, there are many cases of violence against women, violence against children, and violence perpetrated by children. So far, he said, one of the causes is unwise parenting in the family and the use of gadgets.

"Hopefully, to the village level, we can strengthen Indonesian women and protect Indonesian children," he said.