Central Sulawesi province launched whole coconut exports by shipping three thousand tons of the commodity to China as break-bulk cargo with the help of a global commodity trading company. “Through this export, coconut will remain the top commodity of the region,” Palu city Mayor Hadianto Rasyid said at the release
Bank Indonesia (BI) has revised its 2022 global economic growth forecast downward to 4.2 percent from 4.4 percent citing the Russia-Ukraine conflict. “If (the conflict) continues (growth) can fall to 3.8 percent. It will depend on how long the conflict will continue,” BI Governor Perry Warjiyo said during a press
Health Ministry secretary general Kunta Wibawa Dasa Nugraha has urged nurses across Indonesia to help the government reach the remaining members of vulnerable groups targeted by the COVID-19 vaccination program in remote regions. “Our focuses are the elderly, people with comorbidities, and those who have not yet been vaccinated,” he
Indonesian Vice President Ma’ruf Amin received a visit from Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister Raychelle Omamo in relation to the opening of the Kenyan Embassy here on Thursday. “It is also on this day, March 17, 2022, that the Kenya Foreign Affairs Minister will open the Kenyan Embassy in Jakarta,” Indonesian
Assistant secretary-general of the United Nations and deputy executive director of UN Women, Asa Regner, has underlined the challenges to women’s access to sustainable energy. The challenges include lack of training and education, harmful social norms and biases, unequal power relations within households and communities, and issues regarding women’s right
Women can play a transformational role for more sustainable recovery, according to G20’s co-sous sherpa Hari Prabowo. “Women play a transformational role for more sustainable recovery. The pandemic provides an opportunity to create a more sustainable future. This provides an opportunity for women to be the agents of change for