Gender equality is a hot topic everywhere these days. The appointment of Hillary Clinton as the first female presidential nominee of a major party in the US is a monumental step in that country’s movement toward equal opportunity.



We now have many prominent female leaders in the world, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister Theresa May and Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg. According to The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women released by Forbes in its June edition, our home-grown female leader, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, ranks 37th in the world. This is indeed a very proud moment for all of us in Indonesia. This is where the UN and its Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number five come into play. Goal number five is specifically targeted toward ending discrimination against women and girls throughout the world. As the UN not...