Jakarta, March 14 -- Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister Arifah Fauzi emphasized Indonesia's commitment to expediting implementation of gender equality and women's empowerment at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 69th ministerial meeting in New York.

"Indonesia is strongly committed to gender equality and women's empowerment. This commitment is the main driver for our real action in reducing the gender inequality index from 0.472 in 2020 to 0.447 in 2023. This was a result of various policies and programs designed to improve women's welfare in various aspects of life," she noted in a statement on Friday.

During the forum, Fauzi outlined three main approaches implemented by the Indonesian government to improve wom...