00:00Hundreds of women dressed in pink joined protests in Indonesia's capital on Wednesday
00:06against lawmakers' perks and police brutality, brandishing brooms as a symbol of their calls
00:12for reform. The women carried signs with slogans such as, stop killing our children,
00:18and the people should be heard, not killed. As well as the brooms which protest organizer
00:24the Alliance of Indonesian Women said, symbolized a need to sweep the state's dirt.
00:30and the repressiveness of security forces. Describing the women's protest as a form
00:35of anger and courage, 38-year-old protest coordinator Mutiara Ika Pratiwi said the group wanted
00:42to make their voice heard.
00:43We are a part of a form of anger and courage. There is also a responsibility of a woman.
00:53We are a part of a woman because of the rights of the government and also the DPR
01:00at this time justru bertentangan dengan upaya untuk memperbaiki kehidupan,
01:05namun justru menjemrumuskan rakyat ke dalam keadaan lapangan pekerjaan,
01:10kemudian juga kekerasan serta diskriminasi.
01:13Endri adds, the current government policies had plunged
01:18the people into unemployment, violence and discrimination involved in the government.
01:25The current government policies had plunged the people into unemployment, violence and discrimination,
01:31invoking anger and outrage. The protests that began in Jakarta last week have rocked the world's third largest democracy,
01:38with the demonstrations escalating nationwide after a police vehicle hit and killed a motorcycle taxi driver on Thursday night.
01:45Rights groups say 10 people have died in the protests,
01:47but the current government policies had plunged the people into unemployment, violence and discrimination,
01:51invoking anger and outrage. The protests that began in Jakarta last week have rocked the world's third largest democracy,
01:56with the demonstrations escalating nationwide after a police vehicle hit and killed a motorcycle taxi driver on Thursday night.
02:04Rights groups say 10 people have died in the protests, which have also sparked some looting and rioting.
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