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Woman’s Time to Break the Limits 

     Purworejo- Silatda IMMawati (Hospitality of region between women of Muhammadiyah Students Association) of Central Java was held at Pendopo of Purworejo Regency on Friday, May 11 2018. The theme was Revitalisasi Peran IMMawati Jawa Tengah dalam Mewujudkan Gerakan Pencerahan (Revitalizing the Role of IMMawati of Central Java in Realizing the Movement of Enlightenment). The participants were IMMawati in Central Java, several officials, and students of Muhammadiyah University of Purworejo.

     The event began with opening. After the opening, there was a recitation of the holy Qur’an by IMMawati Lutfah. After she finished the recitation, the participants had to stand for singing songs: Indonesia Raya, Mars Muhammadiyah, and Mars IMM. The next was reading poetry by a student of SLB (Extraordinary School) in Purworejo who won Poetry Reading Contest in Central Java, Sekar Septiana Sari. After that, there were greetings by: PC IMM Purworejo, IMMawan Fayd; Chairman DPD IMM of Central Java, IMMawan Abdul Wahid; Chairman PDM Purworejo, Drs. Pudjiono; PWM Central Java, Dandung Danadi; and Tasks Executor of Governor of Central Java, Drs. H. Heru Sudjatmoko, M.si. The next activity on the agenda was closing.

     After closing, there was a Dialogue of Nationality. The theme was Wawasan Kebhinekaan sebagai Paradigma Gerakan Perempuan: Upaya Perempuan dalam Mengentaskan Masalah Sosial (Insight of Diversity as A Paradigm of the Women’s Movement: Women’s Efforts in Eradicating Social Problems). There were two speakers in this event. The first speaker was Denty Eka Widi Pratiwi, S.E., M.H and the second was Dra. Hj. Sri Gunarti, S.H., M.H. They discussed issues about feminism where women are second class and seem have no chance to be equal as men. The role of women is limited until now. They just have a bit role in many fields. The speakers emphasized that women have to be spirit and active, so that they can break the limits.

     After each speech, speakers and participants had the opportunity to discuss and to speak about feminism issues that usually happen in daily life. They also talked about the way to improve the role of women to eradicate social problems.

     Anggra, one of the committee members of the event said, “This event is to build advancement IMMawati of Central Java. It makes hospitality closely intertwined between branches of the organization, builds networks between them, makes the role of them recognized, and forms the corporation of them, ’’. ''This event is successful. We hope Silatda IMMawati continues to run and present in other cities,’’ she added.

     The event lasted for more or less five hours. It ended at noon.