Women in Politics: The (un)empowerment of Emak-emak during 2019 Election Campaign Period in Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/icosihess-19.2019.68How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Komunitas Emak-emak, cyberactivism, cyberfeminism, patriarchy

Abstract

Cyberfeminism has been posited as a new medium to promote women’s opinions. In Indonesia, the Community of Mothers (Komunitas Emak-Emak – KEE) has determined itself as a cyberfeminism movement promoting gender equality, especially for mothers. In fact, its presence has been attracting interests during the period of 2019 electoral contestation in Indonesia. By applying the theory of cyberfeminism, this study analyzes the presence of patriarchal wrappings in the KEE movement. Apparently, there is a patriarchal dominance that exists in the KEE, implying women in the community to still be guided by men who have their own vision and missions. It hence contradicts with the fundamental meaning of cyberfeminism. Besides, there is a dominant influence from the campaign team of one of presidential candidates to strengthen the shares of their voters.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Ni Sukmawati
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TI  - Women in Politics: The (un)empowerment of Emak-emak during 2019 Election Campaign Period in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Sustainable Innovation 2019 – Humanity, Education and Social Sciences (IcoSIHESS 2019)
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SN  - 2352-5398
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