Women urged to get into politics

Women urged to get into politics

JAKARTA: A political analyst suggested on Thursday that more Indonesian women should take part in the country's political life to avoid being marginalized.

Dewi Fortuna Anwar said that many women see politics as a struggle for power, therefore they refuse to enter politics.

Dewi of the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI) also said that the 30 percent quota for women in the legislature would not materialize.

According to her, most political parties still considered women to be inferior.

"Women should reject any offer if they are put on the bottom of the list of legislative candidates," she said here on Thursday.

Indonesia will hold a legislative ballot in April and a direct presidential election starting in July.

Twenty-four parties have been declared eligible for the election by the National Elections Commission (KPU). -- Antara