Political Communication of Women's Representation in Political Institutions

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to explore information and analyze the political communication of women's representation in the North Sumatra Regional People's Representative Council for the 2019-2024 period. This research uses the theory of political communication, and the representation of women. This research was researched at the Secretariat of the Regional People's Representative Council of North Sumatra Province. The research method used in this study is a qualitative analysis method using inductive reasoning in assessing every problem in this study. This study used informants as research subjects. There were 3 informants. The results of this study include: (1) The form of political communication of women's representation in political institutions in the North Sumatra DPRD is to convey more messages to women's groups which are issues that are happening, be it about women's protection, providing a forum for millennials who are at an active age to participate in politics by providing them with political education to actively engage in political participation in the future in the hope of representation women in political institutions are biased upwards. (2) Obstacles to fulfilling the quota of political representation in political institutions are the lack of political education carried out by political parties, and the lack of socialization by the KPU to provide appropriate information both to political parties and the people of North Sumatra, there is still an assumption that women do not need to be involved in political institutions.