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‘Women Must Keep the Peace\'

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President Joko Widodo (center, in black jacket) leaves the opening of the event commemorating the International Day of Peace on Sunday (8/10) at Annuqiyah Islamic boarding school in Guluk-Guluk, Sumenep, East Java. Accompanying the President in the photograph is Wahid Foundation director Yenny Wahid (right, in green). The President believes that women play a major role in maintaining peace in the nation.

SUMENEP, KOMPAS – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo said that he was convinced that women should play a key role in maintaining peace in the nation. This was because one’s appreciation for peace was fostered by childhood guidance from one’s mother figure.

Hundreds of women from West Java (Bogor and Depok), Central Java (Klaten, Sukoharjo and Surakarta) and East Java (Malang and Sumenep) attended a series of events commemorating the International Day of Peace at Annuqayah Islamic boarding school in Guluk-Guluk, Sumenep regency, East Java. Held by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) and the Wahid Foundation, the event comprised interactive discussions on the causes of conflicts and ways to resolve them. One of the issues raised during the discussions was that the elections of regional and village heads were the two most common triggers of social conflicts.

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