
PSGA LP2M UIN Antasari Holds Workshop on Formulating Strategy for Implementing Gender Responsive Campuses
UIN Antasari, Banjarmasin – Center for Gender and Child Studies (PSGA), Research and Community Service Institute (LP2M) UIN Antasari, Tuesday (11/09/2021), held aactivity Workshop entitled “Formulating Strategy for Implementation of Gender Responsive Campuses”. Located in the 2nd floor of the PSB Building Meeting Hall, the event was officially opened by the Rector of UIN Antasari, Prof. Dr. H. Mujiburrahman, MA.
Deputy for Gender Equality, Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection, Lenny N. Rosalin, National Comittion Perempuan Indonesia, Prof. Alimatul Qibtiyah, S.Ag, M.Si, MA, Ph.D, and the Office of Women’s Empowerment and Women’s Protection in South Kalimantan Hj. Husnul Khatimah, SH, MH., appeared as a key speakers at the workshop.
In his remarks, the Rector expressed his gratitude for the activities which are an important part in the framework of educational services at the UIN Antasari campus.
According to him, these PSGA activities are quite progressive regarding gender issues and have been implemented within the academic community of UIN Antasari Banjarmasin. He hopes that the reformulation of the curriculum will contain important ideas on a gender-responsive curriculum.
Regarding gender responsiveness in Indonesia, especially the Ministry of Religion, the Rector said that the Ministry of Religion does not discriminate between men and women in all lines, such as the appointment of female judges and clerics and qoriah who appear in public, as well as religious-based education that is relatively equal, in producing alumni including UIN Antasari.
In addition, this Professor of Sociology of Religion said that some of us have entered a very paradoxical period and have not been fully understood as human beings. “When artificial intelligence affects our lives every day through cell phones, what is the difference between men and women on cell phones? It is the same!, you post, the late, you comment, yes it is the same!. So there is radical equality, there is very radical freedom with almost no rules,” he said.
In times like this, life is heavily influenced by endless messages that are not clear, as well as gender identity in digital media. In relation to this media, there are three messages conveyed by Rector: first, to carry out literacy education, especially digital media. “We have to understand the benefits and drawbacks, how it works, what are the dangers and what are the advantages,” continued the Chancellor.
Second, research “Studies on this problem (social media) are important so that we understand reality well, if we have a major in information engineering, then information engineering must develop itself, making useful applications in its field because it is the era,” he explained.
Third, creating useful content “We are angry with content in the media that is not gender-equal, but we do not produce content on the contrary, we will create content that we think is good, we think it is beneficial for society including to do with this big,” he said.
Through workshop this, the Head of LP2M UIN Antasari, Dr. H. Yahya Mof, M. Pd. conveyed that this activity was an effort to create a sense of security, a sense of comfort in carrying out activities in public spaces, especially for pregnant women, nursing mothers, children, seniors and people with disabilities in the UIN Antasari environment.
In addition, this activity is also an effort to respond to the government’s program on Gender Mainstreaming (PUG) according to Presidential Instruction No. 9 of 2000 concerning Gender Mainstreaming in National Development which aims to equalize the benefits of access to development for all groups.
activities Workshop moderated by Dr. Fatrawati Kumari, M.Hum., was attended by 50 participants from the Head of Study Program, Quality Assurance Institute (LPM), Entrepreneurship and Career Development Unit (UPKK), Mahad Al Jamiah Leader, Academic and Student Affairs Section, Lecturers and Kopertais at UIN Antasari Banjarmasin.