Political Communication Competence of Women Legislators

Abstract

The representation of women in the 2014-2019 legislative election in Surabaya City reached 31%. This represents that the people of Surabaya City already have awareness about gender equality in the public sphere. The trust and awareness of the Surabaya city community towards members of women's legislation is balanced with the ability of women legislators to be politically well-informed. Communication skills of women legislators will relate to their credibility in carrying out their duties as representatives of the people who support women. Some of the findings from this study explored that women's legislative political communication competencies are in line with the experience of the roles played by female legislators as seen from the aspect: the role of female legislative members as representatives of women's societies and representatives of feminists. Meanwhile, regarding political communication competencies derived from the ability within the female legislative members seen from the aspect of awareness of self-identity, motivation and self-confidence. Legislative members' political communication competencies with the parties involved, including cognitive aspects, socialization skills and adaptation. The communication competence of women legislators is related to how a female legislative member has the knowledge and skills in establishing relations and existence in the mass media.

Komunikasi Politik dan Kepemimpinan Transformasional Perempuan dalam Parlemen

“…Studi tentang pemimpin perempuan telah menyoroti kesenjangan dalam pemahaman tentang kepemimpinan dari perspektif yang berorientasi gender (Kruikemeier et al, 2013). Temuan penelitian yang dilakukan (Maela et al, 2018) mengeksplorasi bahwa kompetensi komunikasi perempuan dalam parlemen memiliki pengetahuan dan keterampilan dalam menjalin relasi dan eksistensi di media.…”