Yuli Tri Suwarni, The Jakarta Post, Bandung | Sun, 12/21/2008 8:26 PM
Some 350 women representing various organizations, political parties and individuals joined on Sunday the first-ever West Java Women Activists Congress held at the Indonesia Menggugat building on Jl Perintis Kemerdekaan.
Held to commemorate Mother's Day which falls on Dec. 22, the congress was aimed at empowering women from all sectors of development to help improve the future of women in the province.
Chairwoman of the conference, Hetifah Siswanda, said West Java women were facing various issues including economic problems, political accessibility, women's health and domestic violence.
"We are not going to establish a new NGO (non-governmental organization) after this, but we want to empower women to facilitate mutual help instead," Hetifah said at the conference.
Chairwoman of West Java Family Welfare Movement Netty Heryawan who officially opened the congress said, it was time for women in the province to be more concerned with fellow women's problems.
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