| Genre: | Mystery drama |
| Screenplay: | Eddy D. Iskandar |
| Director: | Christ Helweldery |
| Open Theme: | "Harkat Wanita" |
| Country: | Indonesia |
| Language: | Indonesian |
| Num Episodes: | 15 |
| Producer: | Ir. Chand Parwez Shanker R.S., B.Sc. |
| Camera: | Single-camera |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Company: | Starvision |
| Network: | RCTI |
Harkat Wanita ("Woman's dignity" or "Woman's trait") is an Indonesian mystery drama television series that ran from 1996 to 1997. The series revolves around Asri, a woman who was in a relationship with a businessman named Rudi. Overarching themes include an importance of female empowerment.
Starvision commissioned the series alongside its cast and the composer Dwiki Dharmawan in 1996, after the success of Mutiara Cinta, Nikita and Mentari Di Balik Awan. The title theme "Harkat Wanita" was solely written, composed and arranged by Dharmawan.
Asri, a woman who have a relationship with a businessman named Rudi. They broke up when Asri having a crush with another man, while Rudi does the same thing with another woman. When Asri drove away from her house, she has many trials during her angst. When Asri buys a medicine at the drugstore, another woman surprisingly introduces herself as Yanni. Ronnie relies that the woman who looking at him was Yani, marking the first time that she successfully revealed her true identity.
In October 1996, it was confirmed that Dwiki Dharmawan became the series' composer. During the scoring session, Dharmawan captured the theme of "female empowerment" with an intuitive and majestic music.[1] He recruited twelve string players to record the musical score at his own studio Kita, located at Bintaro with a 32-track recording.[2] The theme song, "Harkat Wanita", was solely written and composed by Dharmawan.[3]
Harkat Wanita received generally positive reviews by critics. Suara Pembaruan praised Adipura's antagonistic role as Edwin and calling him "a rapist".[4]