KETERWAKILAN PEREMPUAN DALAM LEMBAGA LEGISLATIF DI DEWAN PERWAKILAN RAKYAT DAERAH PROVINSI SUMATERA BARAT

Abstract

Law Number 7 of 2017 concerning General Elections Article 173 Paragraph (2) letter e includes 30% (thirty percent) representation of women as legislative members. Problem formulation: 1) What is the representation of women in legislative institutions in the Regional People's Representative Council of West Sumatra Province? 2) What factors influence the low representation of women in legislative institutions in the Regional People's Representative Council of West Sumatra Province? 3) What efforts have been made by political parties to increase women's representation in legislative institutions in the Regional People's Representative Council of West Sumatra Province? The research method used is socio-legal approach, namely a study that reviews law as fact. The research results are as follows: 1) Women's representation in legislative institutions in the Regional People's Representative Council of West Sumatra Province. In the 2019 legislative general election, the percentage of women's representation in the Women's DPRD of West Sumatra Province was only 4 people out of 65 DPRD members, amounting to 10.83%. This figure is still far from the national target set at 30%. 2) Factors that influence the low representation of women in legislative institutions in the DPRD of West Sumatra Province, namely a. socio-economic factors. b. personal and psychological factors 3) Efforts made by political parties to increase women's representation in legislative institutions. a. Identify and recruit women. b. Providing training to prospective female legislative members.