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100 Papuan women receive election-related training
The University of Indonesiaâs Center for Political Studies (Puskapol UI) is holding a training program on election-organizing skills for 100 Papuan women in Jayapura, Papua, ahead of the legislative election that is set to take place on April 9
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he University of Indonesia's Center for Political Studies (Puskapol UI) is holding a training program on election-organizing skills for 100 Papuan women in Jayapura, Papua, ahead of the legislative election that is set to take place on April 9.
The training, from March 24 to March 27, is being provided to meet demand for a higher presence of female election organizers.
Anna Margaret of Puskapol UI said it had been mandated in the 2011 Election Law that women should account for at least 30 percent of election organizers at the national, provincial, regional and municipal levels. However, current figures fall short of the target.
A study by Puskapol UI shows four factors have hampered women's involvement in election-organizing activities. The lack of effective implementation of the 2011 Election Law regulation, which requires the 30 percent female quota, has led to election organizers ignoring such representation. Socio-cultural barriers that limit women's participation in activities in the public sphere have worsened the situation.
Geographical challenges, which make it more difficult for women to access election-organizing activities, as well as a lack of election-related knowledge among Papuan women, are also considered obstacles in meeting the female quota.
Anna said Puskapol UI had held training programs in six provinces across Indonesia, comprising Central Java, Maluku, Nangroe Aceh Darussalam, North Sumatra, Papua and West Papua.
In Papua, Anna said, women's involvement in election-organizing activities was widely considered to be no more than complementary.
'With the training, Puskapol is preparing women for playing main roles in the organizing of elections. For the upcoming legislative election, this training could result in women having the potential to be involved in election monitoring activities.' (ebf)
