PARTISIPASI POLITIK PEREMPUAN DI KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN

Abstract

This research was conducted at the Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti, exactly at the office
DPRD Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti . This study aims to determine the things that
encourage and inhibit the participation of women in political parties and legislative as
well as the contribution of party and legislative members as well as their efforts in
realizing gender equality. This study is titled “Partisipasi Politik Perempuan Di
Kabupaten Kepulauan Meranti”. The main issue of this study is how women can
choose to participate in politics with the various barriers that occur and make
contributions and realize gender equality. Sampling in this research is by purposive
sampling. samples is 5 people. The method used is Kualitatif Descriptive method with
Kualitatif data analysis. The data filtering instruments used are observation, interview
and documentation. The results of this study indicate: women who participated in
politics were generally first encouraged by their husbands and after getting to know the
politics deeper there was an incentive in them to do more for the community and also
because women's representation in political participation was very small. Barriers that
occur when they participate in political activities include from culture, environment,
and education. As long as they are members of the party and the legislature they
perform their duties well and make efforts such as freedom of expression, persistence in
politics, political sausageization and forming a special women organization so that the
position of women and men in the same political participation.
Key Word: Political participation, Women, Gender Equality