A Political Education Model of Political Parties in Indonesia

One of the classic reasons for being a scapegoat from women's political backwardness is a matter of patriarchal culture, where, women are considered to be more suitable to take care of domestic (private) areas while men in the public sphere. This reason certainly tends to be cliched, because if we are honest, the low number of representation of women in the political space cannot be separated from the influence of the political party (political party) platform itself. The partisanship of political parties towards gender equality is still half-hearted. As an important pillar of democracy, it is time for political parties to take on the role of making the agenda of women's representation successfully. This study aims to find out the political party platform. What is the model of political education carried out in political parties? Is it based on gender sensitivity? The results of this study indicate that from the platforms of four political parties (PDIP, Golkar, Gerindra, and PKS), the missions, objectives, and gender-sensitive programs have not been explicitly stated yet. In the four political parties, there has been no specific implementation of gender sensitivity-based political education. Only a few programs are related to the field of women. From the conditions of political education d mentioned above, a model of gender sensitivity-based political education can be develope