NU Women Festival Attitudes Indonesian Women's Issues From Kedungung, Domestic Violence, To Climate Change

The release of the NU Woman Festival (ist)

Nahdlatul Ulama held a series of commemorations of the NU 1 Century Harlah (1443-1444 H) which began in October 2022, with a variety of activities culminating on February 16, 2023, which is planned to be attended by millions of people, offline and online.

One of the important activities held by NU is the launch of the NU Women movement, as a moment of celebration of NU women in strengthening ranks structurally and culturally, towards the peak day of this NU Century celebration.

Chairman of the NU Women Organizing Committee (OC), Hj Zannuba Ariffah Chafsoh or Yenny Wahid, said that the formation of NU Women is a progressive step in addressing women's issues that have long plagued the country and the world.

This is a very progressive step. This NU woman (NU Women) is actually an encounter space among many NU networks. So far, it has been there, but we were met in a big movement," Yenny Wahid said in Jakarta, in a release received by VOI, Thursday, October 14.

Yenny Wahid and NU Women, apart from highlighting the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic which also has a social and psychological impact on women, they also concentrate on movements that involve climate change and domestic violence (KDRT).

This global phenomenon must be responded to. How to make women aware to respond appropriately. Then support systems that can support when women and children experience bullying or experience domestic violence," continued Yenny Wahid.

Yenny Wahid also emphasized that NU Women is not an autonomous body (Banom), but is a hub, or joint secretariat, where stakeholders are all the currently available Banom NU.

So far, NU Women already has a blueprint and roadmap for the 'Next Century NU Women' Movement' which has been prepared and mutually agreed in Jakarta, recently. This Blueprint is NU Women's master book in planning short, medium and long-term strategic programs, implemented by women's movements within the PBNU structure for the next century.

To emphasize this commitment and as an event to strengthen all stakeholders to support the joint movement, NU Women held NU Women Festival, with the theme Women NU, empowered and worked', which will be held on Saturday, October 15, 2022 at the Main Ballroom, Graha Pertamina, Jln. Medan Merdeka Timur Central Jakarta.

The NU Women Festival will be filled with the launch of the NU Women Task Force as well as the Declaration of "Responding to All forms of Violence Against Women and Children in the Community" as well as the Submission of the Presidential Education Scholarship 99 Santriwati. In addition to being attended by the Chairman of the Organizing Committee (OC) NU Women, Yenny Wahid and the General Chairperson of PBNU and Rais Amm NU, also present as Keynote Speech, Mrs. Shinta Nuliyah Wahid and Minister of SOEs Erick Thohir.

NU Women Festival is also filled with NU Women Talk "Women's NU & Future Leadership, with testimony from Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi, and Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani.

The Minister of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia, Siti Nurbaya and Minister of PPA Bintang Puspayoga were also asked to be resource persons in this session. Also present were Australian Ambassadors to Indonesia Penny William, and Jamsheed M. Kazi from UNI Women.

The Nusantara Redung Entrepreneurship event was also held at this festival, before Nicke Widyawati, President Director of PT Pertamina gave a tweet in the NU Women Talk 1 session "NU Women, Economic Independence and the Sustainability Environment". The Governor of East Java, Khofifah Indar Parawansa, also became the keynote speaker at the NU Women Talk 2 session, which talked about protecting women's rights.