Governance : Challanges and Obsracles to Implementing Gender Mainstream Policies in Building Gender Equality Kurniawati Santi Andriani
Faculty of Economics and Business, University Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia
Abstract
Through the Gender Mainstreaming Policy Strategy in Indonesia, the government has demonstrated its commitment to improving gender equality since 2010. As a result of this policy, all relevant government agencies have implemented a Series of Gender Mainstreaming Policies. The goals of this research is to see how bureaucratic work practices include the Gender Equality Policy, as well as to see the factors that can support or hinder gender development in the agency, and what it means for employees. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the Gender Mainstreaming Policy Strategy in Indonesian government institutions. The interpretative method is used to find out the meaning of gender equality and gender mainstreaming for employees and to reveal more deeply the reflection of these policies in the framing of the government bureaucratic system through thematic analysis of sources from electronic media, social media, and questionnaires that are strengthened through interviews with related parties. Conclusions arrived at apart from the necessity for technological assistance, the role of managers and management in assisting or obstructing gender development is critical. Despite the policy^s noble intentions, it^s possible that it won^t be properly applied within the organization. In light of this, it is hoped that the government will conduct a review of the bureaucratic system^s administration in order to better promote gender mainstreaming programs. This study should help agencies establish and implement gender mainstreaming policies in internal organizations so that they have a good impact, even if they are conducted in the public sector. However, there are still few scholars who study the implementation of Gender Mainstreaming Strategy in the public sector, which is reflected in the policy on gender implementation and the interactions that occur between these parts.
