JAKARTA - Head of the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) Dadan Hindayana said the Free Nutrition Food (MBG) program was able to open up better job opportunities for Indonesian women.
Quoted by Antara, Sunday, April 27, he said that currently there are 40,000 people involved in the implementation of MBG in 1,080 nutritional fulfillment units (SPPG), with a composition of 55 percent of mothers.
In the future, he said, when this program reached all targets of 82.9 million beneficiaries through 30,000 SPPGs, the program is estimated to absorb 1.5 million workers with 55 percent of them being women.
He explained that the MBG program opens a wide space for women's empowerment in various regions with the spirit of inclusiveness.
Women, he said, could participate in the implementation of this program by becoming staff at the SPPG, both accountants, nutritionists, and kitchen staff.
According to him, in facing the challenges of the times, women are required to play a more active role, especially in early childhood care and meeting family nutritional needs.
This strategic role, he said, was crucial in welcoming Indonesia Gold 2045 because women have a central position in producing a healthy, superior, and quality generation.
He explained that women's participation in the MBG program can provide a positive ripple effect in fulfilling national nutrition, expanding access, and nutrition education from the household level.
In addition, strengthening massive women's empowerment.
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"All of this is an important step in building superior human resources for the realization of Indonesia Gold 2045," he said.
He also stated that toddlers and school children will become productive workers in 2045, so there needs to be nutritional fulfillment intervention for them from now on.
"If from now on we don't intervene in fulfilling their nutrition, they will become demographic products with low quality. Therefore, the MBG program is very important, and in the future it will target 82.9 million beneficiaries, ranging from pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, toddlers, to high school or equivalent students," he said.
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