Spirit of International Women's Day for Gender Equality in Indonesia

On 9 March 2022, coincides with International Women's Day, Perkasa FM in collaboration with PSGAD UIN Satu Tulungagung held a talk show with the theme "Women Can, Empowered Women”. This activity presented two speakers, namely Mrs. Dr. Siti Kusnul Kotimah, S.H.I., M.Pd.I. as Chair of PC Fatayat NU Tulungagung, and Mrs. Mirna Wahyu Agustina, M.Psi., psychology lecturer as representative of PSGAD UIN Satu Tulungagung.

He talk show It is hoped that this will 'fuel' the enthusiasm of Indonesian women to continue working. Anyway, The role of women today is very different from the condition of women in the past. At the moment, The role of women has been widely recognized as part of world society who is able to contribute to the progress of the nation and state.

Including in Indonesia, the role of women is no longer underestimated. Indonesian women are even able to compete and occupy important positions in government or in private institutions. Many women have now become pillars that are taken into account and chosen based on their potential and capacity.

However, This does not mean that the gender problem in Indonesia has been resolved. There are still many problems bias gender which is still widely developed in Indonesian society. Gender justice, which is voiced by many women activists, has not yet found a solution. Women in Indonesia still often experience violence and negative labeling from both the opposite sex and even society in general. The double burden on women is sometimes still a serious problem. They have to work as well as be wives and mothers who serve the family's needs at home.

The various problems above are our collective responsibility to make Indonesian women better and more empowered. The efforts made are of course not just waiting for intervention from the government, but it actually starts from ourselves. It can even start from within the family. Every parent who is aware of the importance of gender justice will certainly convey and provide appropriate examples of how gender justice should work. A father can show affection to his daughter appropriately so that her daughter does not grow up thinking that women are subordinate individuals. Likewise with a mother. By involving boys in various tasks at home, will also instill the values ​​of equality between men and women in household matters. Planting it from an early age is an important key in their lives because later they will grow up with the thoughts they brought from their families.

In the event, Siti Kusnul Kotimah revealed that, Empowered women are women who are able to explore their potential and confidently display their potential to actualize themselves as empowered women. Meanwhile, Mirna Wahyu Agustina said that an empowered woman is a woman who realizes her potential and maximizes that potential for the benefit of many people without abandoning her nature as a woman..