THE WOMEN MOVEMENT ADVOCACY TOWARD MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs) CASE STUDY IN INDONESIA
Abstract
This research aimed to analyze the women’s movement advocacy in putting the gender equality in Millennium Development Goals as the problem-solving in discrimination toward women in the world. Gender is the issues that are often reaped debate today, However, gender inequality effected the discrimination toward women, with the increasing the number of discrimination against women in the 18th century that caused by patriarchal culture effected the emergence of women’s movement, which demands women’s right as human right, and women’s movement more develop until the women’s movement finally in the 21st century influence international agenda, through international institution women’s movement can minimize the discriminations against women in the world, which is the involvement of women’s movement in the establishment of the Millennium Development Goals. To analyze the women’s movement advocacy process in the international agenda, the writer uses Transnational Advocacy Networks and Agenda Setting as a tool of analysis. This research found out the advocacy of women’s movement influence International Agenda by several things, first, opening of political opportunity. Second, taking collective action by establishing Transnational Advocacy Networks. Third, integrating women issues in international forum to influence the policy. As the result, the advocacy of women’s movement solving the women’s problems by the adoption of Millennium Development Goals by United Nations.