Women who win in Indonesia: The impact of age, experience, and list position

Prihatini, Ella S.

doi:10.1016/j.wsif.2018.10.003

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“…In fact, research on Indonesian elections demonstrates the crucial aspect of women being nominated as candidate number one (e.g., Dettman, Pepinsky, and Pierskalla 2017; Shair-Rosenfield 2012; Siregar 2006; Soetjipto and Adelina 2012). For every additional lower rank in the nomination list in the 2014 elections, the odds of winning for women is reduced by 63.5% and lower ballot list position creates a bigger disadvantage for women than men (Prihatini 2019a).…”

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Islam, Parties, and Women's Political Nomination in Indonesia

Prihatini

2019

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This article responds to earlier research on the role of Islam as a barrier to women's political nominations by assessing and comparing parties’ efforts to meet institutionally required gender quotas in Indonesia. With the provision of 30% candidate gender quotas implemented since the 2004 elections, how have parties responded? Do Islamist and pluralist parties differ systematically in this regard? More specifically, does religious ideology influence how parties go about meeting quotas, recruiting female candidates, and getting them elected? Or do all parties face the same challenges when it comes to getting women into parliament? Drawing on a unique dataset collected from 2004 to 2019 legislative elections and in-depth interviews with central party officers, faction leaders, and members of parliament, this article investigates these questions. The results indicate that Islamic ideology plays no obvious role in limiting female participation in legislative elections; Islamist and pluralist parties are equally good at achieving the percentage quotas of female nominees. Both groups are also similarly poor at putting female candidates first on the party lists. Indonesia's open-list proportional representation (PR) system is prohibitively expensive, and this hurts women candidates more than it does male candidates because women generally have less access to the capital necessary to purchase the top position on party lists.

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Islam, Parties, and Women's Political Nomination in Indonesia

Prihatini

2019

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“…And the fact that the winning rate for male candidates in the same year was 9.55 percent or 2.6 times higher than women begs the question as to why women's electability is so poor in Indonesia. Studies have shown that women's electoral performances in Indonesian elections continue to be influenced by an incumbency effect (Shair-Rosenfield 2012; Dettman, Pepinsky, and Pierskalla 2017), parties' nomination, including list position (Hillman 2017;Prihatini 2019aPrihatini , 2019c, and cultural barriers (Simandjuntak 2012;Prihatini 2018aPrihatini , 2019d. As part of efforts to improve women's presence in parliament, gender quotas were advocated by activists, NGOs, and female lawmakers (Siregar 2010).…”

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“…Despite equal rights and universal suffrage being regulated in the 1945 Constitution, gender equality remains an unsolved problem in Indonesia (Prihatini 2019b). Various aspects are contributing to this develop-GENDER QUOTAS IN INDONESIA ment, including cultural and institutional barriers, which continue to hold women back from winning a seat in the DPR (Prihatini 2019a).…”

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“…While many studies have observed the progress of women's share in Indonesia's national Lower House (Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat/DPR) (Shair-Rosenfield 2012;Hillman 2017;Prihatini 2019a) and the process of introducing gender quotas (Siregar 2005;Soetjipto 2005), observations specifically related to the role of international actors remain limited. How have NGOs that are funded by international donors supported the process of the provision of legislated gender quotas?…”

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Gender quotas in Indonesia: Re-examining the role of international NGOs

Prihatini

Siregar

2019

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Women's political representation in Indonesia has been rather limited and has fluctuated since independence in 1945. In a hope to improve this situation, a legislated gender quota of 30 percent for candidates in Indonesia was first implemented in the 2004 elections. In this paper, we strive to answer the question of what is the role of international NGOs in helping the process of the provision of candidate gender quotas in Indonesia. By analysing literature on the importance of gender quotas from theoretical perspectives, examples on the implementation of quotas of other countries, role of NGO in democracy as well as in women political representation, and interviews with six participants from two Indonesian NGOs and two International NGOs, who were directly involved in the process of endorsing gender quotas, we found that the influence of international NGOs has been significant and yet indirect as the pursuit of affirmative action policy is only part of the bigger project in promoting gender equality. Resumo Quotas de género na Indonésia: reexame do papel das ONG internacionaisA representação política das mulheres na Indonésia tem sido bastante limitada e oscilou desde a independência em 1945. Na esperança de melhorar essa situação, uma quota de género de 30% dos candidatos foi implementada pela primeira vez nas eleições de 2004 na Indonésia. Neste artigo, esforçamo-nos para responder à pergunta sobre qual o papel das ONG internacionais no apoio ao processo de estabelecimento de quotas de género nas candidaturas eleitorais na Indonésia. Ao analisar a literatura sobre a importância das quotas de género a partir de perspetivas teóricas, de exemplos sobre a implementação de quotas noutros países, do papel das ONG na democracia e na representação política das mulheres, e de entrevistas com seis participantes de duas ONG indonésias e duas ONG internacionais que estiveram diretamente envolvidas no processo de estabelecimento de quotas de género, verificámos que a influência das ONG internacionais tem sido significativa, ainda que indireta, uma vez que a procura de políticas de ação afirmativa é apenas uma parte do projeto mais amplo de promoção da igualdade de género.Palavras-chave: quotas de género, Indonésia, ONG internacionais, representação de mulheres. Résumé Les quotas de genre en Indonésie : réexaminer le rôle des ONG internationalesLa représentation politique des femmes en Indonésie a été plutôt limitée et a fluctué depuis l'indépendance de 1945. Avec l'espoir d'améliorer cette situation, un quota de 30% de femmes, prévu par la loi, a été mis en place lors des élections de 2004. Dans cet article, nous nous efforçons de répondre à la question de savoir quel est le rôle des ONG internationales dans le processus de mise en place de quotas de candidats par sexe en Indonésie. En analysant la littérature sur l'importance des quotas de genre du point de vue théorique, des exemples sur la mise en oeuvre de quotas d'autres pays, le rôle des ONG dans la démocratie ainsi que dans la représentation politique des femmes, et...

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“…Existing studies of political representation have viewed political representation from a range of perspectives, including gender (Aguilar, Cunow, & Desposato, 2015;Lühiste & Kenny, 2016;Hasunuma, 2019;Celis, 2013;Prihatini, 2019;Koyuncu, & Sumbas, 2016); ethnicity (Zhanarstanova & Nechayeva, 2016;Martin, 2019;Van der Zwan & Lubbers, 2016), geography (Scott, 2009;Jennes & Persyn, 2015), and social class (Carnes & Lupu, 2015). These studies have tended to emphasise three types of political representation, namely descriptive representation, symbolic representation, and substantive representation (Pitkin, 1967).…”

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Models of Political Representation: A Study of Village Chief Elections and Candidacies

Imawan

Haryanto

2019

Power, Conflict and Democracy Journal

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Electoral contestations at the village level have seemingly been an ‘isolated’ phenomenon in social and political studies. Most studies have focused on local executive and legislative elections, as well as the political representations they involve. This article, instead, looks to the village level, examining the political representation involved in the village chief elections of Dlingo, Bantul, Yogyakarta. Qualitative research methods (interviews, live-in observations) were conducted before, during, and after the elections. This study finds that the rise of the two candidates could be traced to various factors and tendencies, and that the models of political representation at the village chief (executive) level are similar to those in legislature.

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Women who win in Indonesia: The impact of age, experience, and list position

Cited by 29 publications

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Islam, Parties, and Women's Political Nomination in Indonesia

Islam, Parties, and Women's Political Nomination in Indonesia

Gender quotas in Indonesia: Re-examining the role of international NGOs

Models of Political Representation: A Study of Village Chief Elections and Candidacies

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