Aspects of Gender Equality and Justice in Nyentana Marriage in the Balinese Customary Law Society

Nyentana marriage is one form of marriage in Balinese Customary Law society that is different from other forms of marriage in general. In the marriage, there is an event of changing a woman's legal status to purusa, and a man changes his legal status as a predana legitimized by Balinese Customary Law. In this nyentana marriage, the man is proposed by the woman's family to enter the woman's family to continue the offspring of the woman's family. This is the hallmark of nyentana marriages to this day carried out by Balinese customary law communities. Nyentana marriage is a special and unique marriage system in the Balinese Customary Law community that uses a patrilineal kinship system, which draws a lineage from the father or male descendants. At first glance, it can be seen that there are aspects of gender equality and justice in the implementation of nyentana marriage, so it needs to be studied to find out more about the aspects of gender equality and justice in nyentana marriage in the Balinese Customary Law community. Using empirical research methods by collecting data from informants and observing the community, gender equality and justice in nyentana marriage is respecting and recognizing women by being designated as Sentana rajeg and changing legal status from predana to purusa. Although biologically still a woman so that the woman can continue offspring for her family and make her husband a predana, it does not eliminate her function as husband and man in the marital relationship