Supporters assist a protestor to move using a wheelchair while her feet remain cemented in a wooden crate. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
One of the protestors rests in a wheelchair as the group prepares to leave the Jakarta LBH office to continue their rally outside the State Palace. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
A protestor waits for assistance from supporters while her feet remain in cement. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
The cemented feet of two of the female farmers are seen as they wait indoors. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
One of the women stands beside a stone monument at the Jakarta LBH office. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
One of the women is helped into a car by volunteers from the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta). The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
A female farmer from Mount Kendeng in Rembang regency, Central Java, is carried by several supporters during a protest in which she and eight other women placed their feet in cement in front of the State Palace in Jakarta. The Jakarta Post/Wienda Parwitasari
One of the women shouts during the protest as the sky darkens behind her. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
The feet of one of the female farmers are seen cemented into a wooden crate. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
A Srikandi Kendeng protestor displays a hat painted with a message rejecting the planned cement factory. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
A woman wipes her eyes while taking part in the protest of a planned cement plant in Rembang. The nine protestors demanded a meeting with the President to voice their concerns over the cement plant construction, saying it would harm the environment and threaten their livelihoods as farmers. The Jakarta Post/Wienda Parwitasari
The women sit in a row behind a banner reading “Farmers shackled by cement” outside the palace. The Jakarta Post/Wienda Parwitasari
The nine female farmers voice their message in unison outside the State Palace. The Jakarta Post/Seto Wardhana
Nine female farmers from the Srikandi Kendeng group held a protest on Tuesday and Wednesday by cementing their feet in boxes in front of the State Palace, demanding the government stop a state-owned cement company’s plans to build a plant in their hometown.
The group, whose members hail from Mount Kendeng in Rembang regency, Central Java, aimed to protest a planned cement plant development because of environmental concerns and to remind younger generations to respect nature.
They hoped to meet President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to voice their rejection of state-owned PT Semen Indonesia’s plans to build another plant, claiming it would damage the natural environment and threaten their livelihoods as farmers.
The protest began two years ago in Rembang when the company started a construction project in the Watuputih groundwater basin area. The group protested by camping out in front of the plant, with around 50 female farmers taking apart.
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