Jakarta – As many as 150 delegates from 18 countries arrived in Yogyakarta on Thursday to attend the upcoming International Council of Women (ICW) general assembly.
Delegations from South Africa, Belgium, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Switzerland and Indonesia, among others, gathered at the Grand Inna Malioboro hotel to participate in the 35th general assembly of the ICW, which falls under the United Nations.
In the meantime, women from all over Indonesia will be attending the national gathering of Indonesia's One Thousand Women Organizations.
Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Yohana Yembise is scheduled to open the event, while State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno is scheduled to give a keynote speech along with ICW president Kim Jung-sook and Indonesian Women Congress (Kowani) chairwoman Giwo Rubianto Wiyogo.
President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo is also scheduled to give a speech during the opening ceremony on Friday, committee chairman Gatot Subagio told Antara.
The 35th ICW General Assembly's theme will be on transforming society through women empowerment. Meanwhile, the theme for the national gathering of Indonesia's a Thousand Women Organizations' is 90 years of Indonesian women's struggle in manifesting a glorious nation.
The events are also held to commemorate the 130th anniversary of the ICW and the 90th anniversary of Kowani. (ris/ahw)