Struggling of women’s equality: the study from local Province in Indonesia

Abstract

This research aims to find out about the API (Aksi Perempuan Indonesia/ Indonesian Women's Action) movement in fighting for the issue of women's equality in Pandeglang Regency, Banten Province. This study uses a phenomenological approach to understand the issues of the women's movement carried out by the Indonesian Women's Action (API/ Aksi Perempuan Indonesia). The issue of women's equality is an important issue considering that currently women still experience discrimination in the social, political, cultural and economic fields. The API movement, which is concerned with women's issues, is a new hope for the creation of a new public sphere for women to get the same equality as men. In addition to looking at the role of the API movement in fighting for women's issues in Pandeglang Regency, this research conclusion pattern of the API movement in fighting for women as a public agenda in Pandeglang Regency.