BREAKING THE CHAIN OF SOCIAL INJUSTICE THROUGH GENDER RESPONSIVE CIVIC EDUCATION Fatmariza, Susi Fitria Dewi, Isnarmi Moeis
Universitas Negeri Padang
Abstract
Social injustice is a common problem facing by the Indonesian citizens. In addition social injustice occurs between regions, social classes and also occurs between gender. Gender inequality has caused various problems to women as citizens who tend to be positioned as second class. An effort that can be made to break up the gender inequality chain is through civic education. This aims of this article is to describe a gender-responsive civic learning process in order to raise the awareness of gender equity among the civic education’s students department. This qualitative research used participatory action research approach where the subjects are the civic education’students department who attend the Perspective Gender class on semester of July-December 2017. The results showed that there are three stages of gender equality awareness of the students. First, to accept the issue of gender inequality within society and the state. Second, responds the gender inequalities for various reasons. The last, analyze gender inequality and giving solutions. The result of the research concluded that there has been a change of gender equality awareness of students throughout the process of recovery. This condition is assumed can be one of the efforts in breaking the links of gender inequality and social injustice, because social injustice is basically rooted in gender inequality.
Keywords: Social Injustice, Gender inequality, Awareness, Civic Education
