PERCEPTION, ATTITUDE AND PERSPECTIVE OF WOMEN TOWARDS SOCIAL, CULTURE AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

Gender is very interesting issue to study, particularly the representation of women in politics. The representation of women in the political process becomes a necessity that can not be avoided in order to bring democracy and accommodating the women's interests. This research aims to analyze the perceptions, behavior, attitude and outlook of women towards social, culture and political organization at the village level. This research is a descriptive-analytical study that applies qualitative approach. The location of this research is in Sidokare and Kedungbanteng Village, Sidoarjo, Indonesia. The data are collected through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation. Determination of informant using purposive sampling method with snowball technique. In this study, key informants were female activists. From the key informants, the supporting informants are members of Badan Pembangunan Desa (BPD), village head, community leaders, and female residents. Data analysis techniques using interactive models according to Miles and Huberman consists of data reduction, data presentation and data analysis / verification. The findings show that women have always played an active role and contribution in the field of social, economic, and culture to the community through various activities. But, in the political field, woman still hard to participate. The lack of women's participation in policy formulation caused by several factors such as tradition, culture, mindset, internal factors, lack of ability which indicates the assumption that women are weak with less responsibility