Peranan Pemberdayaan Perempuan dan Analisis Gender pada Penentuan Kebijakan Pengentasan Malnutrisi Anak di Indonesia

Indonesia still faces child malnutrition problem almost in all regions in the country. The government has done efforts to address the problem, such as mother and child health program in ministry of health and nutrition program through supplementary feeding for venerable group. However, the casesdos not decrease significantly. This paper looks at why child malnutrition is still a big problem in the country by exploring trhough gender perspectives in addressing the problem. This study is based on literature and documents analysis. The gender analysis toward child malnutrition case is conductedthrough the framework of Harvard and Moser and Liverpool guideline for analysis gender and health. This study reveals that child malnutrition cases in Indonesia are strongly influenced by sociocultural and economic factors in the country, including education attainment and gender equality. Fromgender\u27s perspective, child malnutrition is as a result of lack of control over the resources within the family and the community. Also, triple role of women within the family affects on women health wellbeing and the child nutrition status. Therefore, the strategies to improve child nutrition status should incorporate gender equality values