ABSTRACT
This study evaluates the successful implementation of 30% quota of women’s representation in parliament, as well as the mechanisms by which political parties have fulfilled this recruitment quota. Using a conceptual framework of Van Horn and Van Meter, namely policy objectives, implementing agent characteristics, communication, human resources, disposition and the economic, social, and political environment, this study analyzed the recruitment process of women representatives in the Partai Demokrasi Indonesia Perjuangan (PDI-P) and the Partai Persatuan Pembangunan (PPP) in the 2014 legislative elections in Palangka Raya. Moreover, a qualitative descriptive approach was used to analyze the results of this study. First, the implementation for fulfilling 30% quota of women’s representation in the 2014 legislative member election in Palangka Raya, plus pre-survey data, can be said to be relatively successful based on the implementation indicators proposed by Van Horn and Van Meter. This success will ensure an effective recruitment function of political parties. Moreover, this will ensure the formal fulfillment of the requirement aspects mandated by the Law 8/2012 on general election for DPR, DPD, and DPRD. Second, this success will allow the correction of the indicators of policy objectives that have not yet been standardized, especially those related to gender-responsive policies as well as the political will of women.
