Government Encourages Women To Get Involved In Science And Technology

Female Researcher (Pixabay via ANTARA)

JAKARTA - The government through the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (PPPA) encourages Indonesian women to be involved in the fields of science and technology.

"Together with various parties, we want to continue to advance our women and girls to be willing to also be involved in science and technology," said Deputy for Community Participation, Ministry of PPPA, Indra Gunawan, at an online press conference, Antara, Wednesday, November 10.

Indra said that most of the Indonesian population are women with potential that can be developed, especially since their abilities are not inferior to men.

"We, together with various parties, continue to encourage our daughters to be involved or involved in science, including technology, so that more and more of our women can contribute," he said.

With Indra, Secretary General of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Suharti, believes that people need to follow the development of the number of women who are finally involved in science and technology.

In addition to the development of what percentage of women enter the world of politics and management level.

"We also need to know how many women are in the field of science and technology," he said.

Suharti said various parties including the Ministry of PPPA and the Ministry of Education and Technology need to work together to ensure that women in science become a concern. On the other hand, he appreciates women who want to enter the world of science, one of which is Febty Febriani, Ph.D from the Center for Physics Research – National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN).

Febty became one of the winners of the 2021 National Fellowship in the For Women in Science (FWIS) program for her research plan in developing innovations for sustainability and saving life on earth.

"Through science, I want to contribute to saving human life by developing an early warning system for forecasting earthquake events and mapping the heterogeneity of the Indonesian earth's crust," he said.

Besides Febty, there is also Fransiska Krismastuti, Ph.D from the BRIN Chemical Research Center who through her research wants to contribute to saving human life, especially people with chronic wounds due to diabetes by utilizing galvanization waste.

Then, Dr. Magdalena Lenny Situmorang from the Microbial Biotechnology Scientific Group, School of Biological Science and Technology, Bandung Institute of Technology who in her research sees great potential in the field of aquaculture, especially shrimp to support the shrimp farming industry in Indonesia to become more resilient and sustainable.

Finally, there is Peni Ahmadi, Ph.D from Researcher at the Center for Biotechnology Research, BRIN who is committed to saving women from breast cancer by utilizing Indonesian marine biota.