Gender equality in political life in Indonesia

Abstract

In Indonesia, the issue of gender equality has lately become an endless issue and is still striving to continue to be championed both at the executive and legislative levels. The issue of gender equality includes substantive understanding of the gender perspective policy itself. Therefore, the gender movement then became mainstream in developing countries including Indonesia. In the process of democratization, the issue of greater women's political participation, representation and the issue of accountability is an absolute requirement for the realization of a more meaningful democracy in Indonesia. A meaningful democracy is democracy that pays attention to and fights for the interests of the majority of Indonesia's population consisting of women. The idea that politics is not territory for women is an idea that has always been echoed for centuries, and it is indeed very effective to restrict women from entering this region. Public and private terminology that is closely related to the concept of gender, gender roles, and stereotypes, has created inequality and injustice between women and men. The most obvious result of such a political situation is the marginalization and exclusion of women from formal political life.