At the inviation
of All-China Women's Federation, a 5 member
high-level delegation headed by Ms. Hatmadji
, Secretary General of Ministry of Women
Empowerment of Indonesia, visited Beijing,
Nanchang and Shanghai on June 18-27.
During their stay in China, they paid
courtesy calls to Mme. Gu Xiulian, Vice
President of ACWF and Mr. Hu Zhenpeng,
Vice Governor of Jiangxi Province. The
delegation visited China Population Information
and Research Center, Women's Legal Service
and Research Center of Law School of Peking
University, China Women's College, Shanghai
Women's Training School, Women's Hotline,
and quail farm in Xiaolan township and
home business in Liantang township of
Jiangxi Province.
The ACWF and Shanghai Provincial Women's
Federation held working discussions with
the delegation and exchanged their experiences.
The delegation showed great interests
in the legal service and poverty alleviation
programs carried out by ACWF. They expressed
their wishes to bring the Chinese experiences
back to Indonesia as a reference to the
drafting of Laws concerning women's rights
and interests and domestic violence.
There were 3 male PhDs in the delegation,
who were in the position of deputy ministers
and director general. Before joined the
Ministry of Women Empowerment, they have
been trained on gender issues. They believed
that gender equality must be supported
by men as well.