Proceedings of the Regional Seminar on Community Issues, SSIK 2023, 20 September 2023, Kendari, Province of Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia

Research Article

The Role of Women Political Activists in Overseeing the Political Budget for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Kendari City

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-9-2023.2340993,
        author={Nurul Magfira Amir and M Najib Husain and Dian Trianita Lestari},
        title={The Role of Women Political Activists in Overseeing the Political Budget for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Kendari City},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the Regional Seminar on Community Issues, SSIK 2023, 20 September 2023, Kendari, Province of Sulawesi Tenggara, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={SSIK},
        year={2023},
        month={12},
        keywords={women's political activist citty kendari dprd oversighr function empowerment of women and children budget politics},
        doi={10.4108/eai.20-9-2023.2340993}
    }
    
  • Nurul Magfira Amir
    M Najib Husain
    Dian Trianita Lestari
    Year: 2023
    The Role of Women Political Activists in Overseeing the Political Budget for Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in Kendari City
    SSIK
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-9-2023.2340993
Nurul Magfira Amir1,*, M Najib Husain1, Dian Trianita Lestari1
  • 1: Universitas Halu Oleo
*Contact email: nurul.magfiraamir02@gmail.com

Abstract

This research discusses the role of women political activists in overseeing the politics of budgeting for the empowerment of women and children. Basically, it is to participate in supervising how the budget policy can be realized in a form that is more acceptable to the community, especially women's empowerment and the fulfillment of their rights. This study uses a qualitative approach. The Role of Women's Political Activists and DPRD in Overseeing Budget Politics This situation is, of course, very worrying. Because on the one hand, the public does not understand the mechanism and rules of the budget. On the other hand, rulers with the knowledge they have tend to hide it from the public. Therefore the need for attention from related institutions including government agencies the local people's representative council of the DPRD in particular to oversee the politics of the budget for women's empowerment and child protection during budget discussions, the role of the DPRD is very important to back up the budget in the field of women's empowerment and child protection in the city of Kendari.