Implementation of The CEDAW Convention on Sexual Violence Through the Congress of Indonesian Women Ulama

Abstract

Cases of sexual violence are cases that place women as victims with the highest position. The rise of cases of sexual violence affects women's lives in society. However, the crisis of rights experienced by women has not received equal efforts from the government. One of these disproportionate efforts was marked by the government's failure to ratify and implement the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). The discussion of this research focuses on the efforts of female activists who are members of the Indonesian Women's Ulema Congress (KUPI) in making efforts to resolve cases of sexual violence in Indonesia. With a descriptive-qualitative method, this study uses the framework of Michel Foucault's Power theory and the ancestor of two concepts, namely the concepts of Islamic feminism and Mubadalah. The results of this study indicate that the presence of the Indonesian Women's Ulema Congress (KUPI) forum has generated strength in the form of knowledge about preventing sexual violence.