Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Social and Political Sciences (ICSPS 2017)

Session: Chapter VIII Women and political participation

7 articles
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Democracy, Civil Society and Sexual Citizenship

Sharyn Graham Davies
This talk will address the ways in which democracy has impacted civil society and sexual citizenship. When Indonesia became a democracy in 1998, after many decades of authoritarian rule, many in the country and beyond hoped that civil society and sexual citizenship would be given the opportunity to flourish....
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Questioning the Low of Woman Political Participation in Neo-Liberal Democracy

Muhamad Supraja
The affirmative action of woman in Indonesia parliament of 30% hasn't fullfilled yet. Many people hopes that women can achive that amount but the political reality show different. The situations cause many questions of why this can be happened. What factors that caused the low of fullfillment of woman...
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Gender and Patriarchi Issues in Women's Village Leadership and Women's Village Apparatus Domination in Plantation Community of North Sumatra

Harmona Daulay, T.Ilham Saladin
This research seeks to find the phenomenon of increasingly widespread female leaders in government, politics and business / private world. We recognize that there are still views and stereotypes that place women as second-class citizens or place women in the domestic sector whichs are affected by patriarchal...
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Change and Opportunity for Women's Political Participation Before and After Reform Era (A Case study of Women's Representative of Local Parliament in West Sumatera)

Ms Selinaswati
This article examines the involvement of women in Politics within two different periods of time in Indonesia. It is common to find the number of women's political participation across some countries are lower than men. This can be affected by some factors including social, cultural and political situation....
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Women's Political Participation through Representation in The Legislature

Ratnia Solihah, Yusa Djuyandi, Siti Witianti
Women's involvement in the political process such as their representation in the legislature is a form of awareness of the political power of women. Women's involvement in the political process in Indonesia is minimal, given the low representation of women in the legislature. This is due to several internal...
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NU Women's Role in Narrating Moderate Islam with Majelis Taklim

Wiwi Siti Sajaroh, Sarah Hajar Mahmudah
Majelis taklim is a non-formal institution for Muslims to learn about Islamic teaching. But today, many majelis taklim filled by Islamic scholars who spread the teachings of radical Islam or takfiri ideology. Majelis taklim also become one of the methods of spreading radical ideology among Muslims. With...
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Gendered Student Political Participation and The Influences Of Voluntary Organizations

Dzuriyatun Toyibah
Student political participation is gendered. It can be ascertained from the data presented in this paper that female students participate less actively than male students all seven forms of political participation; demonstration, signingpetitions, blocking traffic, occupying buildings, boycotting, damaging...