Women In Aceh Research Articles

The Influence of Religious and Ethical Values on Mitigating Money Politics Among Women in Aceh

Money politics continues to pose a significant challenge in Aceh, notably among populations less acquainted with political processes and facing urgent economic needs. This study aims to explore the influence of religious and ethical values in countering money politics among Acehnese women. Employing a qualitative phenomenological approach, this research gathers primary data through interviews and supplements it with secondary data from existing literature. The findings reveal that although financial and material incentives are compelling, they do not invariably secure women's votes. Adherence to religious teachings, ethical considerations, and personal life philosophies significantly influence their decision-making processes. Although women in Aceh are highly susceptible to money politics, they are more likely to decline such offers compared to men, primarily due to their strong religious and moral convictions. To combat money politics effectively, strategies should emphasize political education and economic empowerment, reinforced by robust religious and ethical instruction, aiming to cultivate a more equitable and healthier democratic environment in Aceh.

From unity in diversity to culture wars? Aceh women's mastery over Adat, Islam, and the state inheritance laws

This article explores “Asian values” and conflicts purported by normative pluralism in Asia from an anthropological approach. Instead of a zero-sum narrative of culture wars, this article proposes a narrative of social order through public reasoning that takes value plurality into account. This article contextualizes the concept of value in a specific social and cultural context as a query to the abstract, homogenizing nature of the concept itself. What happens when religious and state civil laws prescribe certain family values and behaviors, but the same values and behaviors are nonetheless culturally unjustified? This article is based on an anthropological analysis of Muslim women's perspectives in Banda Aceh. The study of inheritance law aims to provide a forum for evaluating legal engagements in a culture characterized by competing and contradictory values, such as in Aceh. The Acehnese hold legal pluralism: Adat, Shari'a, and state civil laws. Acehnese's choices of Adat, Shari'a, or civil laws are influenced by her social relationships and belongings. From an Acehnese standpoint, no single law has complete control over what is good and improper about inheritance. What is clear from the Aceh context is that the state is not the sole provider and protector of rights and justice. Aceh people use the state law and Shari'a law as a last resort when parties with no mutual interest have conflicting claims regarding inheritance. Further, the Acehnese promote public reasoning in which the plurality of laws are valued equally and one's coercion is consistent with one's respect for others.

PELATIHAN PRODUKSI “MULOHTEUPEH” PADA KELOMPOK USAHA KATERING PENAJOH ACEH DI DESA GLUMPANG BUNGKOK

This Article is carried out in the Gampong Glumpang Bungkok, Glumpang Baro District, Pidie Regency, Aceh. The location was chosen based on its uniqueness, including the special local knowledge, the level of fisheries resource production, and the significant impact of empowerment on the existence of the Peunajoh Aceh women's business group in Gampong Glumpang Bungkok. In order to improve the welfare of the members of the Peunajoh Aceh catering business group, the group should have a flagship product to compete in the culinary market. In reality, the group has not yet determined this flagship product, even though they have unique local knowledge about fish processing based on geographic indications. Therefore, a special treatment is needed in the form of revitalizing knowledge in the production of 'Muloh Teupeh' or boneless milkfish.

Stakeholder Salience Analysis in the Policy Formulation of Anti-Violence Against Women and Children

This article explores stakeholders influence in the policy formulation of anti-violence against women and children by using the stakeholder salience model as a conceptual framework. Stakeholder engagement in policy formulation is essential to achieving optimal policy practise and performance. However, the contestation of interests and imbalance of power between stakeholders in the policy formulation of anti-violence against women and children inhibit the development of policy alternatives based on problem solving, resulting in low policy performance. The research method used is qualitative research with a case study approach, and the stakeholder analysis method is applied to the data analysis. The research findings demonstrate that the policy formulation of anti-violence against women and children is dominated by dependent stakeholders with only power and legitimacy attributes, while the attributes of urgency are not available, reflected in their inattentiveness in providing a quick response to the rising cases of violence and their lack of knowledge on the issue of violence. This study concludes that stakeholders' influence in the policy process is limited. Stakeholders are only involved during public hearings, and the policy is only drafted and discussed by the policy elite, specifically Commission VI of the Aceh Legislative Council, an expert’s team, and the Aceh Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Unit. It indicates that stakeholder engagement is only to gain legitimacy for policy decisions. This research contributes to providing knowledge about stakeholder dynamics in policy formulation contexts and theoretical knowledge about the creation of the most powerful and influential stakeholders for maximising policy formulation and policy performance.

How To Challenge The Life Women Resiliency In Acehnese Matrilocal System: Philological and Anthropological Approaches

The matrilocal system has had a positive effect on women in Aceh. This system has enabled them to become more resilient in facing life's challenges for themselves, their families and their communities. This study is a qualitative study with philological and anthropological approaches used to study Acehnese manuscripts that are relevant to the theme of matrilocality. In-depth interviews, manuscript studies and observations were also conducted to understand matrilocality practices in Aceh, particularly in the Pidie regions. In this way, historical and empirical knowledge of Aceh's matrilocal system is obtained. It was found that the matrilocal system had raised the status and enthusiasm and resilience of Acehnese women in wading through life as individuals, family members, and part of Acehnese society. Philologically, historically and anthropologically a harmonious life is seen in the matrilocal system, Acehnese women make it possible to face life's challenges, such as raising children for a successful life; maintain good communication with parents, neighbors and the community; and managing household finances. This diversity of matrilocal traditions can contribute to the status and resilience of women in the Indonesian nation-state.

Women in local politics: Insights from Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, Indonesia

Aceh is a region that is still strongly implementing Islamic law and a patriarchal political culture. The purpose of this study is to examine the dynamics of women's participation in local Acehnese politics. This study uses a qualitative-exploratory method with a literature study on the dynamics of women's participation in local Acehnese politics. The results of this study indicate that post tsunami 2004 and the 2005 Helsinki MoU agreement had an impact on openness for Acehnese women in the process of becoming members of the legislature, which is currently experiencing obstacles due to structural, socio-cultural, religious issues, ideology, and the dominance of local Aceh political party elites by men. This has greatly affected the representation of women in Aceh's politics governance, even though during the 2009 to 2019 election year the representation of women in Aceh's politics governance has experienced a fairly good trend of increasing. However, what is being pursued is not the number that increases every year, but the process of fulfilling women's political rights in Aceh. The conclusion of this study is the importance of holding a commitment to fight for women's rights so that they are accommodated in public policies that are sensitive to women's interests, not only as a complement to the quota for women's representation in politics-government.

Tingkat pengetahuan siswi SMA Negeri 1 Teupah Barat tentang manfaat konsumsi tablet Fe

The incidence of anemia in Indonesia is still quite high. Based on Riskesdas 2018 data, the prevalence of anemia in adolescents is 32%, meaning that 3-4 out of 10 adolescents suffer from anemia, the Aceh Nutritionist Association (Persagi), explained that there are still many cases of anemia in young women in Aceh and the number is high enough that it needs supervision about giving Fe tablets. The purpose of this study is generally to find out an overview of students' knowledge about the benefits of consuming blood-added tablets at SMAN 1 Teupah Barat in 2022. This research method uses a quantitative type of research with a cross-sectional study design. The location of this study was conducted at SMAN 1 Teupah Barat, Aceh Province. The study population was all students of SMAN 1 Teupah Barat, Aceh Province.The technique used was a total sampling of 156 students. The survey data were analyzed using univariate tests. The results of the study obtained that good female students' knowledge about the consumption of Fe tablets was 123 people (78.8%), sufficient female students' knowledge about the consumption of Fe tablets as many as 20 people (12.8%) and insufficient student knowledge as many as 13 people (8.3%).

Acehnese Women in Public Spaces: Theirmovement and Political Participation

Aceh has the most enduring legacy of successful female leaders in the world. The situation has changed during the past few decades, as fewer women hold crucial government positions. This paper traced the history of women and their role in Aceh through colonial and post-colonial contexts from the early years of this century to the present day. This study also examined the role and contributions made by the Acehnese women through the women's movement and their participation in political life, as well as the reasons for the lack of women appointed as policymakers, as indicated by multiple studies on this topic. A qualitative library research method was employed, and the data from text documents were analyzed using critical discourse analysis. The research showed that women in Aceh continued to play an essential role in the public domain and made significant contributions through the movement. However, The lack of opportunity for women to occupy their position as policymakers were influenced by diverse issues ranging from the patriarchal culture in Aceh, the inability of a political party to cadre women, to the misconception of people in interpreting religious belief that women should not be allowed to be a leader.

Political parties' portrayal attempts in creating an image of Aceh's women politicians

This study aims to provide an overview of political imagery done by political parties for their female politicians. The constructivist paradigm with a descriptive qualitative approach is used in this study. The informants were the chairman of the DPC of the Democratic Party, the PPP Party, the PKB Party, the chairman of the PDI-P DPD, and female politicians from these parties. The data analysis technique used in this study was the Interactive Model Data Analysis method. The results show that the political parties establish a positive image of women politicians, including involving all women members of the political party in every activity carried out by the party, both in a formal party and non-formal activities within the community. In every activity in the community, political parties attempted to provide the public with an understanding of the importance of the presence of women in the political space, because women will understand women's needs and produce feminist policies. The political imagery was done through political communication media, interpersonal (face to face), groups, mainstream media, and modern media. Political image establishment attempted by political parties for female politicians still has not shown a promising direction. Therefore, political parties must form a positive image for female politicians of their parties. This should be done massively by utilising various media of political communication, involving all community groups, such as the Ulama, Academics, and Non-Governmental Organisations.

Women and Coffee Shops: Negotiation of The Identity of Modernity and Piety in the Sharia Public Space

Women often get discriminatory treatment in public spaces. Especially in a still strong patriarchal culture, women cannot move in public spaces. There are several studies on the image of Muslim women and their lifestyles, defending the argument about their resistance to the hegemony of religious culture to express a social identity in line with modernity. This paper intends to put forward a different argument. Based on a case study in Langsa, Aceh, this paper discusses how Muslim women negotiate a pious identity and lifestyles based on social practices at coffee shops. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and focus group discussions (FGD) with female consumers, business owners, and coffee shop staff. Using the docile agency proposed by Saba Mahmood, this paper argues that the implementation of Sharia law in Aceh causes young women to have creativity in seeking a synthesis between piety, lifestyle, and modernity. This finding challenges the views of several feminists who claim that the increasing religious performance in the public sphere impacts the marginalization of Muslim women's social identity and autonomy. In contrast to this view, the current study shows the ability of Muslim women in Aceh to find a creative combination of piety, modernity, and a lifestyle that fits their era.

Women's labor force participation in insurgency and ethno-religious conflict: the cases of Aceh and Ambon

ABSTRACT This article explores changes in patterns of labor participation in two types of conflict settings in Indonesia: the insurgency in Aceh and the ethno-religious conflict in Ambon, Maluku. It brings into view interactions between gender on the one hand, and religion, age, social class, and ethnicity on the other, while also taking into consideration regional economies. I show how intersectional dynamics set in motion by different types of conflict create different patterns of labor force participation. Women increased their economic activity in both conflicts but became breadwinners only in a few specific contexts. Moreover, their increased economic activity was sometimes experienced as hardship and sometimes as empowerment. After the conflict, many women in Aceh returned to the domestic sphere in the name of Sharia law, whereas many in Ambon remained economically active. I argue that different types of conflict in different economic contexts and the associated differences in the relationships between gender, religion, age, social class, and ethnicity help to explain this variation in outcomes.

Examining Women, Peace, and Security Agenda in Local Concept Case study: Aceh, Indonesia


 The UN security council established Resolution 1325 (SCR1325) to affirm women's vital role in peacemaking and peacebuilding in conflict. Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) agenda emphases equal participation of men and women in the negotiation process and creates gender equality in post-conflict, and eradicates gender violence in conflict. This study illustrates how women in Aceh fight for their rights throughout the conflict and post-conflict within an unequal society; and also highlights how important to adapt the WPS agenda to ensure gender equality and social justice. By applying narrative analysis, researchers enable to explore Acehnese women's experiences and struggles in seeking justice through their narratives. The implementation of the WPS agenda in Aceh faces many challenges, both structural and cultural. Thegovernment and combatant groups overlooked women's participation in peace negotiation. When the conflict ended, gender inequality is still lingering in every aspect. Aceh women experience injustice, sexual violence, and discrimination in the domestic and public sphere. Besides revealing the challenges in adapting the WPS agenda and creating gender equality in Aceh, this study also obtains policy recommendations to be considered by the local and central governments to ensure gender justice and substantial peace for women in Aceh post-conflict.
 
 
 

Penerapan Syariat Islam dari Sudut Pandang Media dan Perempuan di Aceh

The discourse of the Sharia implementation in Aceh in the context of media places women as the most reported group. Serambi Indonesia is one of the local print media that has intensively covered the enforcement of Sharia in Aceh. This study aims to look at the discourse of Sharia enforcement in local media and how the female audiences as active audiences interpret the discourse conveyed by the media. The theoretical approach used in this study is Reception Analysis. This study is descriptive qualitative research. Data were collected using Ferdinand de Saussure’s semiotics on six news articles of Serambi Indonesia throughout 2014 and in-depth interviews with eight female informants who were selected by purposive sampling technique. The results of the study illustrated that the dominant discourse in the media was women in Aceh were prone to violate Sharia. Findings also documented the tendency of informants to occupy oppositional reading positions that the way Serambi Indonesia covered Shariain Aceh was more likely to discriminate against women.

Hareuta Peunulang: Protection of Women in Aceh according to Customary and Islamic law

This study discusses the protection of women through the provision of hareuta peunulang in terms of traditional aspects and Islamic law. This study uses a qualitative approach based on the theory of benefits in Islamic law and traditional theory. This research chooses research locations namely Banda Aceh, Aceh Besar and Pidie on the grounds that these three regions practice the giving of hareuta peunulang. This research concludes that the pattern of giving hareuta peunulang is usually the parents submitted to their children after marriage. Hareuta peunulang is usually in the form of land, houses, gardens, household appliances, livestock or other forms of assets that can be used as capital in taking on a new life after being married and separated from their parents. Giving this property is proven to protect women in economic, social and even psychological aspects, for example when a girl is given a house or land, she will be protected economically and socially. Then from the customary perspective that this is part of a tradition that aims to preserve adat, while from the perspective of Islamic law, this gift contains maslahat values that lead to harmony, prevent divorce, mobilize brotherhood between nuclear families.

Demonstration and Audio-Visual Methods for Improving Knowledge, Attitude and Skills of Breast Care among Pregnant Women

One of the physical changes during pregnancy is their breasts that usually get larger and heavier, the areola mammae becomes darker and the nipples get bigger. These conditions cause the breasts need to be treated in preparation for exclusive breastfeeding. However, in reality, there are many pregnant women who have not done much breast care due to their ignorance of its importance and lack of information. The aimed this study was to identify the effective of audio-visual and demonstration method for improving knowledge, attitude, and skills of breast care among pregnant women in Aceh. This study was used a pre-test post-test design with a control group (37 of pregnant women) and intervention group (36 of pregnant women). The intervention group was given health education about breast care using demonstration method, while the control group was given by watching videos. The instruments used in this study was a questionnaire about breast care and checklist to assess breast care skill. The instruments was developed based on the existing theory. Data was analyzed using t-independent test (p<0.05). There were significantly difference of knowledge (72.83 + 8.48 vs. 45.43 +12.06), attitudes (58.76 +6.20 vs. 46.83 + 4.58), and skill (73.74 + 7.98 vs. 56.17+ 10.62) of breast care between intervention and control group among pregnants women (P<0.001). Furthermore, the scores of knowledge, attitudes, and skills of breast care among pregnant women using demonstration (intervention groups) method were more higher compared pregnant women using audio-visual method (control groups). Health education using demonstration method is more effective for improving knowledge, attitudes, and skills of breast care among pregnant women than audio visual method. Therefore, demonstrations and re-demonstration using guideline should be implement for women with guidance during pregnant.

Rural Women and Information on Natural Resources: Rural Women in Aceh’s Struggle for Agency

<p>Rural women have the potential to mobilize herself and her community towards a sovereign and just rural community. However, rural women frequently face form of discrimination that impede them to achieve their maximum potential. In the midst of forest and land degradation, those gender-based discrimination also prevent women from participating in land and forest governance that is vital for the rural community’s livelihood. An example of form of gender-based discrimination experienced by women in several regions in Aceh is discrimination in accessing public information. This article describes and analyses several Aceh women’s experiences in using the rights-based approach on access to information. The women in this article have used the Law on Public Information as the basis for their advocacy towards the land and forest governance in their residential area. These experiences of the rural women have shown shows that women have not only interests upon the information on natural resources, but they also possess capability, perseverance, and will to obtain such information.</p>

The Features of the Aceh Women's Legislator in the Aceh Legislative Assembly (Descriptive Study of Women’s Legislative Member as A Political Communicator in DPRA)

The Features of the Aceh Women's Legislator in the Aceh Legislative Assembly (Descriptive Study of Women’s Legislative Member as A Political Communicator in DPRA)

Dance Ranup Lampuan: Exploration Genius Aceh Movement and Expression Female Body Beauty Values in Culture Peumulia Jamee

Dance Ranup Lampuan is a very popular art of dance in Aceh. This dance exists in every welcoming guests, ceremonies, cultural events, and arrive at a formal event Aceh administration. This article answered about the genius of the woman's body movements in Aceh and expression of beauty in cultural values Peumulia Jamee dance Ranup Lampuan. With a soft and agile movement, dance Ranup Lampuan tells about women in Aceh who are preparing the betel for entertaining guests. Starting from picking and wiping betel, put lime and gambier, wrapping up the betel organize into place named puan or ceurana. After betel has been prepared, the dancers in dance Ranup Lampuan betel deliver to the invited guests. The purpose of it all is to welcome and praise guests or in the Acehnese language is referred to as Peumulia Jamee. The story is played in the Acehnese dance, in the lift pass culture Jamee Peumulia that is the tradition Acehnese people who like to eat and glorify guests with betel. Every movements in dance Ranup Lampuan has its own philosophical meaning. Acehnese woman's body that is synonymous with weak and soft, as well as in demand to cling to their cultural values. In this case, the woman Aceh has an important position as a support pillar dance Ranup Lampuan and culture Peumulia Jamee Aceh. Dance Ranup Lampuan represetasi women is a manifestation of Aceh and cultural values Peumulia Jamee, as a form of expression of ideas, ideas, understanding and confidence in social and cultural life of the people of Aceh, as a reflection of religious and cultural values in tridisi welcoming guests. Through dance Ranup Lampuan this, the women of Aceh were able to show the genius of his movement and to express beauty in cultural values Peumulia Jamee Aceh.

The Accuracy of Single Progesterone, Single β-hCG, and Their Combination Measurement in Predicting Early Miscarriage: A Prospective Study in Outpatient Setting

<p><strong>Introduction:</strong> Most of miscarriage events occurred during the first trimester of pregnancy. Recent studies found the beneficial effects of maternal serum markers to predict pregnancy outcomes. However, study in Indonesian setting was still limited, especially in outpatient setting. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum progesterone and β-hCG measurement as a beneficial predictor of miscarriage.</p><p><strong>Materials & Methods:</strong> This was a prospective study recruiting outpatients pregnant women in Aceh who seek first medical attention for their pregnancy during January 2013 to January 2015. Serum progesterone and β-hCG level were measured beside routine obstetric procedure. The discrimination attained between miscarriage and non-miscarriage groups of pregnant women at the end of first trimester was evaluated using logistic regression and receiver operating curve analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 70 pregnant recruited in this study, nineteen of them (27.1%) experienced miscarriage. Serum progesterone level of women in miscarriage group was lower than non-miscarriage group (17.85 (IQR 13.26-21.15) ng/dl vs 33.67 (IQR 21.83-44.14), p<0.001). Serum β-hCG level was also lower in miscarriage group (10 681 (IQR 5 787.5-26 577.5) mIU/ml vs 48 109 (IQR 17 137-93 915) mIU/ml, p=0.001). Single progesterone measurement gave a good predictor ability for miscarriage with 82.2% accuracy, 86.3% sensitivity and 73.7% specificity if 19.5 ng/dl was used as a cut-off point.</p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Maternal serum progesterone level could be a good predictor for miscarriage during the first trimester of pregnancy. Single β-hCG serum in combination with progesterone serum measurement only had little added value for predicting miscarriage.

Under The Shadow of Sharia: Christian Muslim Relations from Acehnese Christian Experience

The implementation of sharia in Aceh has have given a complex impacts to several aspects of life of the Christian, economically, culturally, politically and any other aspects of social life. Unlike other Indonesian Christian in different parts of archipelago, the Christian women in Aceh are experiencing the life that regulated by the sharia. Based on the experience in Langsa, some of them (especially teachers, employee, and students) were appealed to wear headscarf (hijab) in their appearance in Islamic public sphere. Those who reside in Aceh Singkil experienced difficulties in establishing church, beyond any difficulties that experienced by Christians in other part of Indonesian region. However, in Southeast Aceh, the Christian live the life of religious harmony among the Muslim majority who implement the Islamic sharia. This article shows that strong encouragement among the Muslim circle to implementing Islamic sharia through political approach could generate difficulties to certain Christians, while to some others it doesn't give any significant negative impact. This article aims to highlight some issues that experienced by Christians who live amid the Muslim majority who implement Islamic sharia. Data were collected during ethnographical studies conducted in the year 2013-2015 in Langsa, Aceh Singkil and Southeast Aceh. Finally, this article proposes significant policy options for managing Muslim-Christian relations in Aceh, Indonesia. Education is crucial for promoting interreligious harmony, religious freedom, and respect for people of different traditions and religion.