Increased Women’s Political Participation : Making a Difference.
Executing Agency: The Asia Foundation.
The three-year program will focus on supporting more effective participation among women in democratic governance in Indonesia through involvement in Parliament at national and local levels. The program intends to achieve increased capacity of women legislators at national level and in the following provinces: Aceh, West Java, East Java and South Sulawesi to perform their role and responsibilities as elected officials, improved and increased gender sensitivity laws passed and strengthened relationship between women legislators and their constituents. The program is a continuation of the successful previous cooperation in 2007-2010 on “Increasing Women’s Political Participation in Indonesia.” The program contributed significantly to enhance women representation in Indonesia’s Parliament. Women now account for 18 percent of national legislators, holding 101 seats in the current National Parliament of 2009 – 2014, as compared to 11 percent in the previous Parliament.