More than 80,000 women will be running for office in this year's presidential election in Indonesia, encouraged to be part of the country's plan to have more women in power.
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Around 170 women are learning to run for office in a conference hall of a hotel in Banda Aceh, Indonesia's northernmost point. While their discreet Islamic dress might signify an unlikely group to step up and take charge, their vision is more radical.
While there might be resistance on the street, female politicians are encouraged at the high levels of law, in the province's sharia office.
"In sharia's perspective a woman entering politics is something good," Professor Syahrizal Abbas from the Islamic Shariah Department said.
The names of 83,000 female candidates will be on Indonesia's ballot papers in the upcoming election.
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