Memperkuat Partisipasi Politik Perempuan di Indonesia
(Strengthening Women's Political Participation in Indonesia)
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Published: 2003
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Pages: 110
Binding: Paperback
We thank the authors who made this report possible with their contributions: Julie Ballington, Cecilia Bylesjö, Smita Notosusanto, Francisia SSE Seda and Ani Soetjipto. We are also grateful for the input of Indraneel Datta, Sakuntala Kadirgamar-Rajasingham and Toni Sanders, and for the work of Cecilia Bylesjo, IDEA’s gender specialist in Indonesia, who pulled the report together. Lastly, we would like to thank International IDEA’s member states, as well as the Embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, for support which made these activities possible
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The purpose of this report is to give an overview of the debates and discussions that resulted from International IDEA’s gender activities in Indonesia in 2002. These events were timely and contributed to general discourse on the issue of women’s political representation and participation in politics that dominated much of the political agenda. This included the debate on the adoption of quotas for women in the electoral process, a debate which culminated in the passage of a new Electoral Law in February 2003, which carries the provision that political parties should consider including women as 30 per cent of all electoral candidates.
A number of important activities were organised by International IDEA in partnership with Indonesian and regional organisations, including an Asian Study Visit of Indonesian politicians and activists to India, Thailand and the Philippines in August 2002. The Asian Study visit was followed by a National Conference on Women in Politics in Jakarta in September 2002, and two Provincial Workshops in South Sulawesi in September and in North Sumatra in October 2002.
These activities provided a forum to gather national, provincial and international experiences on three themes: increasing women’s political participation through constitutional and electoral reform, including quotas; looking beyond numbers to strengthening women’s political participation inside parliament; and creating links between civil society and political institutions. This report is structured around these three themes, drawing on the information that was gathered during the Asian Study Visit, the National Conference and Provincial Workshops. In this way, it is hoped that the report will serve not just as a record of activity but also as a reference and information document for ongoing discussions and planning regarding women’s political participation in Indonesia.
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