Research Article
Gender and Conflicts: Patterns and Causes of Masculinization of Land Conflicts in Indonesia
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.30-8-2021.2316259, author={Afrizal Afrizal and Siska Adhariani and Ovy Riana Irawan}, title={Gender and Conflicts: Patterns and Causes of Masculinization of Land Conflicts in Indonesia}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Gender, Culture and Society, ICGCS 2021, 30-31 August 2021, Padang, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICGCS}, year={2022}, month={4}, keywords={conflict gender land-use change oil palm expansion indonesia}, doi={10.4108/eai.30-8-2021.2316259} }- Afrizal Afrizal
Siska Adhariani
Ovy Riana Irawan
Year: 2022
Gender and Conflicts: Patterns and Causes of Masculinization of Land Conflicts in Indonesia
ICGCS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.30-8-2021.2316259
Abstract
The conflict associated with land use change led by oil palm expansion has been published intensively, but analysis of the conflict from a gender perspective is still lacking, so it does not have a balanced view of the involvement of women and men. By paying attention to gender issues, this paper is an attempt to fixes this knowledge gap. Based on the use of gender-sensitive conflict analysis and mixed method, the results of the analysis of 150 conflicts that occurred between 2010-2019 over land conversion for oil palm plantations in four provinces (Central Kalimantan, West Kalimantan, Riau, and West Sumatra) will be presented and explained. This paper would suggest that while households and community members risk losing access to land within village areas, women are much less involved than men in struggling for land defense and conflict resolution processes. Consequently, when land struggles are successful, men benefited. Our explanation is the dominance of male involvement in land use change conflicts because of male- oriented of customary land tenure.