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Ensuring the Women's Political Agenda: A Study of Women Members of Parliament in Nine Regencies/Cities in Eastern Indonesia Abdul Madjid Sallatu; NFN Rahmadani; NFN Agussalim; Abby Gina Boangmanalu
Jurnal Perempuan Vol. 24 No. 2 (2019): Women and Democracy
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.34309/jp.v24i2.320

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Representation of women in the legislature is important. The presence of women members of parliament (MPs) does not only balance the number of parliamentarians (gender balance), but also encourages women’s issues to be a priority, so that various gender sensitive policies are born. This study focuses on women legislator in nine regencies/cities of Eastern Indonesia, namely: Maros Regency, Bone Regency, Tana Toraja Regency, Parepare City, Mataram City, East Lombok Regency, Kendari City, Belu Regency and Ambon City. This study looks at women legislator’s portraits in nine research areas, obstacles in implementing main tasks and functions as women legislator and relations with various related groups. This study applies a phased mixed method design that focuses on qualitative studies. Data collection is done through document review, surveys, and in-depth interviews. This research found that in order to guarantee the struggle for women’s political agenda, capacity building was needed for Parliamentary Members of Women in Eastern Indonesia. 
Personal Experiences of Women Surviving Breast Cancer as a Confrontation of the Meaning of the Women's Body Abby Gina Boangmanalu; Atnike Nova Sigiro
Jurnal Perempuan Vol. 24 No. 3 (2019): Women and Health
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.34309/jp.v24i3.353

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This study highlights the experiences faced by women breast cancer survivor in Jakarta in defining their bodies. Despite of medical assessment, breast cancer needs to be analyzed through feminist’s lense because breast cancer has close link with discourse of sexual body and engendered body. This study used a qualitative methodology that emphasizes critical analysis. Data collection was gathered through interviews with 8 women who are breast cancer survivors. The research reveals that under the normality of femininity of the patriarchal society, the women breast cancer survivors could confront the dominant interpretation upon women’s body
Rural Women’s Agency on Forest and Land Governance in The Midst of Change: Case Study in Five Provinces Andi Misbahul Pratiwi; Abby Gina Boangmanalu
Jurnal Perempuan Vol. 24 No. 4 (2019): Rural Women's Agency
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.34309/jp.v24i4.385

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Women in rural areas face serious problems as a result of ecological social changes in the village--which are almost mutually interconnected with the expansion of extractive industries and rural development paradigm. Forests and land become as the identity that cannot be left behind in seeing changes in rural areas. Sustainable forest and land governance are one of the ways to reduce the risk of environmental damage & degradation, land use change, deforestation, and loss of food resources and livelihoods of rural communities. One of the principles of sustainable forest and land governance is transparency and participation. In this study we found, explain, and analyse 1) how the social ecological changes in the villages through the expreinces of women who is a trailblazer or local champion in 5 provinces (West Papua, East Kalimantan, Aceh, Central Sulawesi, Bengkulu); 2) the struggle of rural women in seizing the right to information and participation in the process of forest and land governance; 3) women’s agency in creating positive socio-ecological changes in the village area. This research found that women’s agencies are not single and are produced from various forms of power, namely the power/ability to influence and reduce barriers, to change at the household and community level, the power to organize and change existing hierarchies, the power to increase individual awareness and the desire to change, the strength of collective action and solidarity.
Women Village Facilitator Action on Economic Revitalization of the Women's Group: a Case Study in 3 peatland villages, Central Kalimantan Nur Iman Subono; Andi Misbahul Pratiwi; Abby Gina Boangmanalu
Jurnal Perempuan Vol. 25 No. 1 (2020): Women and Peatlands
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.34309/jp.v25i1.412

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Peatlands play an important role in the ecological and economic aspects. Peatlands degradation in various regions in Indonesia brings economic issues, especially for women. The involvement of women in the peatland restoration program as a strategy needs to be reviewed. This research focuses on the involvement of women in the peatland restoration as a village facilitator, mainly on aspects of economic revitalization. This research focuses in 3 Villages in Central Kalimantan Province, Jabiren Village, Tumpang Nusa Village, and Gandang Barat Village. The main question of this research is how are the actions, challenges, and strategies experienced by women as village facilitators in the Desa Peduli Gambut program. Based on in-depth interviews with relevant actors and literature studies, this research finds, 1) the economic revitalization program conducted by women village facilitators build the economic resilience of rural women communities and changes the gender relations; 2) women village facilitators faced structural and cultural obstacles in their action; 3) the program is also the part of political actions for peatlands preservation.