Puan Maharani: Indonesian Women Must Confident In Being A Leader

DPR Speaker Puan Maharani during a working visit to the Mahasina Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes), Bekasi, West Java, Wednesday (21-9-2022). ANTARA/HO-PDIP

JAKARTA - DPR Speaker Puan Maharani said Indonesian women should be confident in their abilities to become leaders.

She conveyed this in front of hundreds of students and female students during a working visit to the Mahasina Islamic Boarding School (Ponpes), Bekasi, West Java, Wednesday (21/9).

"Women must be confident in their abilities. In Indonesia, for example, there have been the first female presidents, female vice presidents, female DPR speakers, and many ministers have also been women, especially regional heads. It means that Indonesian women becoming leaders is not impossible," said Puan Maharani, as reported by ANTARA, Tuesday, September 21.

So that the role of women can be equal to men in terms of leadership, Puan asked the female students to continue to improve their abilities and self-confidence.

Puan also asked the female students not to be ashamed to come up with creative ideas and not to be discouraged if they failed.

"In order for that to be achieved, of course, you have to study twice as hard, even twice as much as men. Failure doesn't make you despair, don't feel like you can't. However, don't forget about your nature as a woman to take care of your family," she said.

Puan appreciated the Mahasina Islamic Boarding School which in its educational curriculum not only focuses on Islamic religious education, but also teaches character and nationality education.

"I really appreciate this even though it is in the form of a boarding school, what is taught here still prioritizes Pancasila as the basis of the state," she said.

Puan, who is also the head of the PDIP DPP, asked the students to continue to guard the Indonesian nation so that it continues to conform to its order, continues to be united in religious tolerance, and maintains diversity.