JAKARTA Memories of today, seven years ago, October 9, 2018, Minister of Finance (Menkeu), Sri Mulyani revealed that marriage is the thing that hinders women's careers. This condition is because women must play a double role, as women in careers and mothers.
Previously, the echo of women's emancipation was often echoed by the Joko Widodo (Jokowi) government. This condition is evidenced by the presence of many great women who sit in ministerial seats. Women also prove that they can work well.
Women's estimation has spread to all sectors. The fear of women not being able to lead and work is considered ancient. There are many examples present in the lives of the Indonesian people. Women can even become Presidents of Indonesia.
The first woman to break it was Megawati Soekarnoputri. Then, Megawati's successor from the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP), Jokowi, had the same mission. He also wants to increase the existence of women in his government from 2014.
He has a desire that great Indonesian women can fill his cabinet. This desire is so that many people understand that women's performance is not inferior to men. Jokowi appointed Susi Pudjiastuti as Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries.
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He also appointed Sri Mulyani as the state treasurer (Menkeu). There is also Retno Marsudi as Minister of Foreign Affairs and others. The presence of women brings new colors in the government.
Affairs can work or not, the achievements of those who speak. Take, for example, Susi Pudjiastuti. His actions as a minister often get praise from Jokowi. Jokowi even supports Susi's entire policies, especially in matters of improving the welfare of fishermen and indiscriminate foreign fish thieves.
"For the past three years, thousands of foreign fishing vessels that have stolen fish have not dared to approach. Why? All of them were drowned by Mrs. Susi. There have been 317 ships that have been sunk by Mrs. Susi. Mrs. Susi is a woman, but it's scary. I'm afraid of Susi," said Jokowi as quoted by Sampas.com, January 9, 2018.
Sri Mulyani also acknowledged the traces of women's success in government. The minister actively motivated women to be able to progress. He witnessed himself that there were still many people who underestimated women. Women are considered weak in many ways.
However, over time this assumption is not true. Many things were broken. Sri also saw that the only weakness for women was getting married. He revealed this when he was a speaker in a discussion entitled Empowering Women in the Workplace, Nusa Dua, Bali, October 9, 2018.
Marriage is considered to make women have a double role, as women in careers and mothers. He considered the double role to be quite difficult. This condition made him encourage the ranks of government to issue policies so that double roles could be carried out properly.
"Because you have to carry a baby, when you are pregnant and give birth, and then as a mother it is always seen as a woman's job. It creates obstacles for women to continue work at the same time she has to carry out her role as a mother."
"For us, if we want to see how women participate, we have to reduce the obstruction. We at the Ministry of Finance have the best practice to make women friendly office. That's not mandatory, but I made it mandatory. There is for breastfeeding and so on," Sri said as quoted by the Vivava.co.id page, October 10, 2018.
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