Empowered women, advancing Indonesia. The commitment of the Education Fund Management Institution to advance the nation's children continues to be implemented, one of which is to provide the widest possible access for Indonesian women to access LPDP scholarships.

This ever-open opportunity has met with the spirit of the nation's young daughters. Currently, the demographic of LPDP scholarship recipients is dominated by women.

The number of women who passed the selection process continues to increase. In the first year of opening in 2013, there were 729 women who passed the selection, and the latest in 2023 amounted to 5,665 women. If totaled, the number of female LPDP awardees until 2023 has reached 24,370 people, compared to 21,130 male awardees.

The total study levels chosen by these nation's heroines are 4,755 Doctorates, 18,357 Masters, and 1,258 Specialists. Meanwhile, for the LPDP scholarship programs chosen, there are 11,741 General, 6,344 Targeted, and 6,285 Affirmative.

So far, the most favored destination countries chosen by female awardees are England, Australia, the United States, the Netherlands, Japan, Sweden, Germany, New Zealand, and Singapore.

International Women's Day was born from the demonstrations of socialist women who fought for their rights on March 8, 1909, in New York. Protests emerged in factories that employed women with low wages and mistreatment.

The action triggered similar movements in many other parts of the world with the theme of equality and broader demands for women's rights such as the right to vote, work, and not least the right to education.

International Women's Day can be a reminder, successor, and symbol of the struggle so that women around the world can always pursue progress. 

Women have a significant role in giving birth to the civilization of humankind. Educating women is educating one generation of superior nation for the achievement of Indonesia Emas 2045.

Happy International Women's Day. Indonesian women can be anything!