ABSTRACT

Gender has become a prominent issue in political science research. However, most research has focused on women in legislative roles, while only some discussed women in powerful executive positions, particularly in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Therefore, this paper aims to fill this gap by investigating the correlation between gender socialization and women’s representation in foreign policy, which remains relatively understudied. A case study will be explored to discuss the impact of gender socialization in post-authoritarian Indonesia on women’s representation in Indonesia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The case of Indonesia is interesting as significant improvements in women’s representation has been achieved, and the paper argues that gender socialization has been an important driver of this. However, despite such strides, cultural barriers still hamper women from having effective representation within foreign policy.

摘要

性别已经成为政治学研究中的一个突出问题。然而，大多数研究都集中在担任立法职务的妇女，而只有一些研究讨论了担任重要行政职位的妇女，特别是在外交部。因此，本文旨在通过调查性别社会化与女性在外交政策中的代表性之间的相关性来填补这一空白，而这方面的研究仍然相对不足。将探索一个案例研究，讨论后专制印度尼西亚的性别社会化对印度尼西亚外交部妇女代表的影响。印度尼西亚的案例很有趣，因为女性的代表性已经取得了显着改善，并且该论文认为性别社会化是这方面的一个重要驱动因素。然而，尽管取得了如此大的进步，