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Strengthening women's Political Participation in Indonesia: Conference Report 2002

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International IDEA is an intergovernmental organization with member states across all continents which seeks to support sustainable democracy in both new and long-established democracies. International IDEA’s work in Indonesia started in 1998, providing strategic advice to national actors in government and civil society on options relating to electoral systems and the management of election management bodies. As from 1999 International IDEA developed specific initiatives to strengthen women’s political participation, evolving into focused gender activities as part of the Indonesia Programme from 2001. In line with International IDEA’s approach to democracy assistance, the gender-related activities in Indonesia seek to stimulate a dialogue between different groups of society, nationally as well as internationally, about options to increase women’s political participation. By working with parliamentarians, political party members and civil society at the national as well as provincial levels, an important aspect of this work is to increase knowledge about comparative experience from abroad among the groups working with gender issues to establish more representative and participatory decision-making bodies. 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.

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KP XXI INT c

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KP XXI INTc

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Stockholm : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA)., 2003

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vii, 104 hal, 29 cm

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English

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KP XXI

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Conference report 2002:

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Perempuan
Politik
Organisasi perempuan

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