MARASAI: PENGHANCURAN PARTISIPASI POLITIK PEREMPUAN (Pengalaman Seorang Wali Nagari Perempuan Korban Kriminalisasi)

Abstract

To be a woman political leader is an outstanding achievement and only able to be attained by few women. But when she held the position, there are many problems and difficulties facing by her. This article exposes the experience of a woman village leader when dealing with the law to fight for her rights and avoiding the criminalization process. By using life-history method, interview and secondary data analysis, it tries to reconstruct woman’s mind, feel and experiences when she was facing legal proceeding and court process. In fact, women are particularly vulnerable when dealing with legal proceeding because it requires knowledge and understanding about law and regulations, material support and social network. It was too hard, painful, and suffered experiences for woman to fight for honorand justice for herself. Keywords : woman village-leader, woman and law, criminalization Copyright © 2014 by Kafa`ah All right reserved DOI :   10.15548/jk.v4i1.86