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Jokowi needs to include more women in decision making: Analyst
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Maritime and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti (left) and Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati show samples of lobster seeds confiscated during an attempt to smuggle them from Indonesia to Vietnam and Singapore in October. (JP/Dhoni Setiawan)
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resident Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration should increase the number of women holding strategic decision-making positions in the government if the country really applied meritocracy, the State Administration Institute (LAN) said.
LAN's policy analysis center head, Erna Irawati, said at an event on Wednesday that the proportion of women in executive and legislative positions in the country was still low compared to men.
"One of the reasons is because women are seen as having lower work rates than men. This is not true. If the government really applies meritocracy, women, in fact, have a lot of potential to work professionally," she said, citing Karawang regent Cellica Nurrachadiana, who was also present at the event, as a good role model.
According to National Civil Service Agency (BKN) data, in 2016 women only accounted for 27 percent of echelon I officers in government entities.
"We have also observed that the percentage is still low in the private sector. This is something that we need to push. The government could be a benchmark for this," Erna said. (adt/evi)
