Ridwan Kamil-Suswono Concerns About Women's Empowerment In Jakarta

Ridwan Kamil/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - Jakarta Governor and Deputy Governor Ridwan Kamil-Suswono candidate pairs are said to be paying special attention to empowering women in Jakarta.

It is also believed that it can turn Jakarta's face into a more inclusive and humanist city for the whole community.

"We believe that women are the key to building a more inclusive and prosperous Jakarta. Therefore, the programs proposed by the RIDO pair will focus on empowering women in various fields," said Ridwan Kamil-Suswono spokesman Angkie Yudistia, Friday, November 22.

Ridwan Kamil-Suswono's empowerment of women is carried out by providing better access to education, health, and economics for women.

"It is realized through a women's special skills training program, access to financing for small and medium enterprises managed by women, as well as women-friendly health services," he said.

Along with empowerment efforts, the Ridwan Kamil-Suswono pair will also take policies that increase protection for women in Jakarta. For example, aspects of physical, psychological, and economic protection.

Meanwhile, another spokesman for Ridwan Kamil-Suswono, Cheryl Tanzil, said that the pair of Candidates for Governor and Deputy Governor number one often met women's aspirations during blusukan activities and greeted residents.

Some of them no longer have a husband and bear the responsibility of being the head of the family, a breadwinner, and a mother who provides early education for her children.

However, this moment was used by irresponsible parties by distributing videos wrapped in a cornering narrative as if Ridwan Kamil was someone who was sexist and harassed women.

The introduction of members of the DPR and DPRD as well as the aspirations of residents was cut off. Even though there are single parents who vent about the problems they face, representing the aspirations of many women present at the location. Mr. Ridwan Kamil then responded by mentioning the names of the legislators who were present, meaning to ensure that the members of the council embrace women, especially single parents," said Cheryl.

The video should be allegedly made by parties who have a specific purpose. Mr. Ridwan Kamil described the RIDO programs, but the video clip only shows a textual response without context. Editing the video was done by a reliable party, taking pictures should also be suspected of using a professional camera," he continued.

However, it is considered as a mere test for a leader. Moreover, the voting stage is getting closer.

Based on his glasses, Ridwan Kamil is a figure who cares about women. Evidenced by the activities carried out related to the welfare of women.

"It's been close to voting day, there are more attacks. In fact, Ridwan Kamil's track record in West Java has graduated from more than 70,000 female school graduates and provided free legal assistance for domestic violence victims. When running for themselves, the RIDO candidate pair becomes the candidate pair who puts the word female 16 times, the most among other candidate pairs. This is a big political commitment related to women's alignment," said Cheryl.