The implementation of quota and affirmative action in the 2009 legislative Election, have been successfully increase the representation of women in national and local parliament. However, this paper demonsstrates that the increasing number of women in local parliemant does not necessarily means the rising quality of women parliamentarian elected. Based on the field research and interview with t…
It is stated in book titled 'Dawair al Khouf: Qiraat fi khitab al Mar'ah [circle of fear: a read on woman discource] that males in traditional society actually are afraid of females. This might be caused by several reasons such as the fact that females have more patience and tolerace compared to men do, and the fact that they are the live makers [shani'ah al hayah]. The last thing is in fact su…
In the book titled Speaking in Gods name: Islamic Law, Authority, and Woman that has been translated by serambi press with the Indonesian version title Atas Nama Tuhan: dari Fikih Otoriter le Fikih Otoritatif, Khaled criticizes the authoritarian attitudes of some Muslims who perceive themselves as the most correct and accurate in interpreting Qur'anic verses and hadith. Using the hermenutics ap…
It is still a controversial problem, about different view in women prophet concerning with Islamic thought. The majority of Islamic scholars rejected about women prophet, and the other accepted based on the subjective argument. By objective interpretation without gender discrimination. It is clear that the prophet is man not women. But the second view, it is stated that really many verses that …
Masalah khitan terhadap perempuan menjadi isu publik setelah adanya pelbagai penelitian, baik yang dilakukan secara independen maupun karena ada sponsor, yang menemukan adanya pelbagai dampak negatif yang ditimbulkan dari penyimpangan pelaksanaan khitan terhadap perempuan di beberapa negara. Isu perlindungan anak dan perempuan juga seringkali dikaitkan dalam masalah pelaksanaan khitan, khususny…