Women and democracy are hot topics, especially in the time leading up to the general election in 2024. This political event as a party of democracy really requires women's participation. It was the topic of discussion, that took place in the office hall of North Central Alor District with Setia Budi Laupada SH., M.Hum, as the speaker, entitle 'Encouraging Women's Participation in Democracy, Facing the General Election 2024 (24/2/2023).
The discussion began when resource persons delivered material about Democracy, Human Rights and Law, which became the main topic by exploring important elements in democracy, covering power comes from the people and every citizen has the same opportunity to be a leader. Democracy also means talking about people’s sovereignty who have full sovereignty with equal values without any priority for certain people, also the value of freedom by giving full rights to everyone for democracy, and there are also values of protection, values of diversity, justice, and tolerance.
How are democracy and women related? Theological perspective. Taken from Genesis 1:26-28, the speaker named it as the "Politics of Human Creation", both men and women planned to rule the contents of the earth. Philosophical perspective. Men and women are created equal to complement each other without discrimination. Sociological perspective. The patriarchal culture glorifies men while women only involved in domestic affairs of the household, while public and political affairs can only be carried out by men. In the Alor community if a baby is born, the father will ask the baby shaman whether the bow of the arrow (male) or the basket (female) is born, because what is much expected is the bow of the arrow. In the organization there is also unexpectedly discrimination in women's rights by not giving opportunities to become leaders. Sociological reality. The daily life at home, it is the sister/daughter who washes the clothes and the culture has been formed a long time ago. Such patriarchal culture that discriminates against women is untenable.
Legal bases such as the International Convention on the position of women, the construction of national laws, the 1945 Constitution, the Human Rights Law, the Law of the Protection of Women and Children, and the Law of political parties that the quota of women is 30%, become the basis for women to take the opportunity. What about the context of Alor? The results of a research conducted by students stated that women’position in political parties were only to meet the formal demands of the 30% quota, not as the way of struggle.
When female cadres are not given many opportunities to occupy strategic positions, this means that politics still makes women as objects. Women's struggles such as, Kartini, Megawati, Khofifah (Governor of East Java), may become the trigger for women of Stube HEMAT, and SEMATA (Tatakata Student Association) to enter public spaces, especially politics. ***
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