Jakarta, Sept. 29 -- The Ministry of Creative Economy is implementing various programs to empower women and enhance their role in developing the creative economy sector.

Speaking at the Women on The Move 2025 forum in Bali on Saturday (Sept. 27), Deputy Minister of Creative Economy Irene Umar emphasized the importance of empowering women as a way to ignite new engines of economic growth.

"Empowering women in the creative economy means activating a new and more inclusive engine of growth. Women do not only create for themselves - they generate a multiplier effect for their families, communities, and the national economy," she said, as quoted in a ministry press release received on Monday.

Irene stressed that women are not merely benefic...