Islam is a religion that carries the spirit of defending women. The defense process carried out by Islam against women involves a dialectical process with socio-historical backgrounds that exist in human life with different locus of space and time. Consequently, the signs of the Qur'an as contained in the QS. an-Nisa/04:01 need to continue to reconstruct the readings to get the right normative theological footing related to gender mainstreaming. Men and women are equal partners with static natural potential and dynamic endeavors to take part in various public spaces. Therefore, to gain a comprehensive and holistic understanding of gender mainstreaming, the partnership relations that are built between men and women, in their dynamic gender l...