Indonesia ranked 94^th out of 157 countries in the United Nations Development Program’s Gender Empowerment Index as of 2009. Indonesian women lack the same access to education as men, and suffer from wage discrimination. Meanwhile, Indonesia’s mortality rate among mothers is one of the highest in ASEAN, with 10,200 mothers dying each year as of 2008, according to the Indonesian Statistics Bureau. Realizing that the full empowerment of women is vital to Indonesia reaching its full potential, one of the Putera Sampoerna Foundation four pillars is Woman’s Empowerment.