Heru Prasetyo Kasidi Deputy Minister for Gender Issues, WOmen's Empowerment and children protection ministry
Women must be politically aware

Women's participation in politics in Indonesia is still low. The number of female legislators in the House of Representatives (DPR) for the 2014-2019 term is only 97, or 17.32 percent of the total number of parliamentarian seats. This is what is making Indonesia's legislature and policymaking not pro-women and children.

Heru Prasetyo Kasidi, the deputy minister in charge of gender issues at the women's empowerment and child protection ministry, called for an increase of women in the legislature. He said the government was attempting to raise the participation of women in politics through a variety of training programs. "Ideally, women should have a more equal role to men in the public sector, including in politics and development," said Heru.