Women's political representation is not only meaningful in terms of fulfilling the quota of 30 percent within the parliament, but also it affects substantive matters such as gender-friendly policies.
The importance of women representation in politics has once again become a popular topic in a variety of public discussion forums in recent times.
This happened not only because the election year draws near, but also policies in Indonesia have yet to fully promote gender justice or gender equity.
Political expert from University of Indonesia (UI) Sri Budi Eko Wardani noted the women representation in politics to this day is not significant enough to produce gender-friendly policy.
This perspective aligns with the report from the National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) concerning the finding of a gender-based discriminative policies in Indonesia.
Click here to read the full article published by Antara News on 13 February 2022.
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