Research Article
Domestic Violence and The Role of Women in Modern Minangkabau Society
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2288950, author={Fatmariza Fatmariza and R Febriani}, title={Domestic Violence and The Role of Women in Modern Minangkabau Society}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Local Wisdom, INCOLWIS 2019, August 29-30, 2019, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={INCOLWIS}, year={2019}, month={10}, keywords={domestic violence women adat mamak local wisdom}, doi={10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2288950} }- Fatmariza Fatmariza
R Febriani
Year: 2019
Domestic Violence and The Role of Women in Modern Minangkabau Society
INCOLWIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-8-2019.2288950
Abstract
The level of domestic violence in West Sumatra is quite high. This is caused by various factors, including: economic, education, age and personality of the perpetrator. Even though the Minangkabau community in West Sumatra adheres to the matrilineal system and recognizes the role of women as limpapeh rumah nan gadang (respectable women), this does not guarantee low domestic violence in this region. One of the contributing factors is that there is still a strong patriarchal ideology in the society limited women to just taking care of the household and family. In practice, the role of ninik mamak as the highest decision maker tends to see that domestic violence becomes a shame for the family. Women are often blamed. Women in Minangkabau also tend to be reluctant to use legal channels to get justice because of such factor. How effective the role of adat in resolving domestic violence in West Sumatra? This paper will discuss the internalization of the local wisdom on the role of women and the issue of domestic violence in Minangkabau.