[ap-intact] INFO: Indonesian women leaders and anti-corruption agency mark Kartini Day

[Facilitator’s note: Thank you to Adhi Setyo Tamtomo, International Cooperation Specialist, Corruption Eradication Commission, Indonesia, for sharing this information.]

Indonesian women leaders joined the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) in commemorating Kartini Day, 21 April, in Jakarta. Kartini Day is an Indonesian holiday commemorating the birth in 1879 of Raden Ajeng Kartini, one of the country's national heroes and a pioneer in the emancipation of Indonesian women. The commemoration marks the first anniversary of the “I am an anti-corruption female movement".

Read the story in Tempo.co. http://en.tempo.co/read/news/2015/04/22/055659720/Puan-Sinta-Wahid-Celebrate-Kartini-Day-in-KPK

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