PERAN UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND (UNICEF) DALAM MENANGGULANGI MASALAH PERNIKAHAN ANAK

Abstrak Penelitian ini membahas tentang Peranan United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) dalam Penanggulangan Masalah Perkawinan Anak di Indonesia Periode 2014-2017. Salah satu masalah besar yang dihadapi Indonesia adalah isu pernikahan anak masih marak di Indonesia. UNICEF adalah salah satu organisasi internasional yang bergerak dalam melindungi anak-anak dan perempuan di seluruh dunia. Peran UNICEF dalam menangani masalah pernikahan anak di Indonesia telah diangkat sebagai bahan penelitian. Konsep Organisasi Internasional, Teori Peran, dan Perkawinan Anak digunakan dalam edisi ini. Untuk mengatasi masalah pernikahan anak di Indonesia, UNICEF melakukan program kerja sama dengan Pemerintah Indonesia yang diharapkan dapat mengurangi pernikahan anak sehingga anak-anak di Indonesia mendapatkan hak-haknya dengan baik. Dalam menjalankan perannya di Indonesia, UNICEF merupakan organisasi internasional yang berfungsi sebagai instrumen. UNICEF memberikan dukungan dan motivasi kepada Pemerintah Indonesia untuk membantu menangani perkawinan anak untuk memastikan bahwa semua anak di Indonesia, baik laki-laki maupun perempuan, dapat memperoleh haknya dari pendidikan, kesehatan, dan perlindungan. Abstract This research discusses the role of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Tackling Child Marriage Problems in Indonesia, Period 2014-2017. One of the major problems faced by Indonesia is that the issue of child marriage is still rampant in Indonesia. UNICEF is one of the international organizations engaged in protecting children and women worldwide. UNICEF's role in tackling the problem of child marriage in Indonesia has been raised as a matter of research. The International Organization, Role Theory, and Child Marriage concepts are used in this issue. To tackle the problem of child marriage in Indonesia, UNICEF conducted a cooperation program with the Government of Indonesia, which is expected to reduce child marriage so that children in Indonesia get their rights well. In carrying out its role in Indonesia, UNICEF is an international organization that functions as an instrument. UNICEF provides support and motivation to the Government of Indonesia to help tackle child marriages to ensure that all children in Indonesia, both men, and women, can get their rights from education, health, and protection.

Gender plays different roles? Examining the dark side of ubiquitous connectivity enabled by personal IT ensembles usage

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to explore the negative consequences of ubiquitous connectivity enabled by personal IT ensembles (PITEs) usage; and second, to investigate the gender differences in the adverse effects of ubiquitous connectivity.Design/methodology/approachThis study employs a socio-technical approach to identify the technical and interpersonal dimensions of PITE-enabled ubiquitous connectivity and develops a theoretical model to investigate their stress-inducing effects based on the framework of technostress. Furthermore, the moderating role of gender is examined based on the social role theory. The authors test the model on a sample of 439 Chinese netizens.FindingsUbiquitous technical and interpersonal connectivity induce four stressors: information overload, communication overload, life invasion and privacy invasion. These stressors further lead to psychological exhaustion and reluctance to try new ITs. The ubiquitous technical connectivity exerts stronger effects on stressors for female users than male users, and interpersonal connectivity exerts a stronger effect for male users than female users.Originality/valueThis study primarily contributes to the small amount of research on PITE-enabled ubiquitous connectivity by considering ubiquitous connectivity from a socio-technical perspective and examining the stress-related effects and outcomes of both technical and interpersonal dimensions of ubiquitous connectivity. This study also provides valuable insights into the gender differences in the stress-inducing effects of the two dimensions of ubiquitous connectivity.

Actors and dynamics of a policy transfer network

Based on the discussions of Role Theory and policy transfer, this paper analyzes how the transfer of food and nutritional security policies to the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries relates to Brazil´s performance as a “developer”. We demonstrate how a transnational policy transfer network congregating several cooperation modalities was constructed as a status-seeking strategy grounded on projecting domestic policies. Therefore, the policy transfer case study, was carried out, through interviews and document analysis, in order to observing the cooperative dynamic by mapping the effects that the contacts established between several actors had in the long term. The temporal scope of the analysis begins with the arrival of Lula da Silva to the Presidency in 2003, and extends until the II Extraordinary Meeting of the CPLP Council of Food and Nutritional Security, in June 2017. For conducting an operational analysis, social participation and inter-sectorial work were selected as representatives of the conceptual framework related to the Human Right to Adequate Food, since they are two central ideas for the policies that are the object of experience-sharing in South-South cooperation on food and nutritional security.

Migrant Care’s Role in Advocating the Educational Needs of Migrant Workers’ Children

Education is a fundamental human need and a right of every citizen. Indonesia is one of the origin countries for many migrant workers. There is a complex problem with migrant workers, one of which is the education of migrant workers' children. Numerous civil society organizations, including Migrant Care, advocate for the rights of migrant workers. The purpose of this study is to examine Migrant Care's role in advocating for the educational needs of children of migrant workers and to analyze the factors that support and obstruct Migrant Care's ability to perform its function. The research method is qualitative-descriptive, with data being gathered via interviews and literature review. Data analysis begins with collecting data from various sources, which is then described and validated. This study makes use of role theory, interest groups, and systems theory. The findings of this research are Migrant Care's efforts to obtain official documents for migrant workers and to lobby the government for Community Learning Centers (CLC).

Do You Still Trust?

Recently, data breaches, especially insider data breaches, have become increasingly common. However, there is a limited amount of research on the factors associated with the decrease in users' trust in response to these events. In this study, social role theory and socioemotional selectivity theory are applied to understand the role of age (younger and older), biological (male and female) and cultural (masculinity and femininity) gender, and the four dimensions of privacy concern-collection, secondary use, unauthorized access, and error-on initial trust and the corresponding decrease in trust associated with the three trust beliefs of ability, benevolence, and integrity. A scenario-based approach is used to focus on a case study of an insider breach. The findings also provide helpful insights into the comparative roles of trust builders (e.g., reputation and design) and trust crashers (e.g., privacy concerns) in the process of trust building and trust decrease in different demographics (e.g., older and younger, males and females) for overall trust and trusting beliefs. Theoretical, managerial, and social implications are discussed.

Peran Camat dalam Penertiban Pasar Liar di Desa Lalang Kecamatan Sunggal Kabupaten Deli Serdang

The responsibility for controlling the weeds is in the hands of the Sunggal sub-district, where the sub-district also collects retribution from the traders in accordance with the sub-district regulations. However, with the emergence of various problems from the existence of the illegal market, it becomes an illustration that the sub-district head is still not playing a role in managing the illegal market in his area, thus becoming a source of disturbance for other road users. The purpose of the study was to determine the role of the Camat in controlling the illegal market in Lalang Village, Sunggal District, Deli Serdang Regency. The benefits of research to add insight and knowledge in the field of controlling illegal markets. This research is a qualitative research in which researchers go directly to the field to examine the object of study and conduct direct interaction with the community. The discussion on the role of the sub-district head in controlling illegal markets in this study is based on the role theory proposed by Biddle and Thomas, which consists of expectations, norms, forms of behavior, as well as assessments and sanctions. The Camat has an important role in regulating various activities carried out by the community, including regulating the market so that the existence of the market does not cause problems for other community groups.

Negotiation Power and the Impact of Gender Differences

This study focuses on the intersection of power and gender in negotiations, which is seldom challenged in previous research. In an experiment with 72 negotiators, we consider issue authority as a proxy of power in negotiations and investigate how different power allocations affect the negotiation success. We learn that an increase in issue authority for one of the two parties does not necessarily lead to an increase in success. Especially, female negotiators rely on their negotiation power, rather than systematically improving mutual utilities. This article contributes to Emerson’s power-dependence theory, social role theory, role congruity theory, and gender role conflict theory by combining analyzing the impact of gender differences and power on the success. This study attempts to close the gap in the literature by focusing on the prospective function of gender role orientation in explaining gender differences in negotiation. The theoretical contribution is that females are not per se inferior in negotiations, but their performance decreases in scenarios of power asymmetries. On the contrary, unbalanced power decreases the likelihood of success. Negotiators cannot rely on a power advantage to increase their success.

Gender Roles in the Millennium: Who Pays and Is Expected to Pay for Romantic Dates?

Research on monetary decisions and behaviors in dating relationships is very limited. The purpose of this study was to examine college students’ current practice and expectations for date payment for first and subsequent romantic dates in the framework of gender role theory. A sample of 552 heterosexual college students took an online survey that included questions about their actual and expected payment for their first and subsequent dates. Participants also completed several measures regarding their gender roles. The findings indicated that traditional gender norms in dating continue to be popular in the new millennium because in actual practice, men almost always paid the whole bill of the first dates and paid more for subsequent dates. When asked who should pay for the dates, participants also expected men to pay more for first and subsequent dates. Women did show some willingness to share date expenses, although nowhere close to be completely even. The findings also indicated that gender role attitudes played little role in actual practice but had a stronger role in date payment expectations, showing that individuals subscribing to traditional gender inequality views tended to believe that men should pay more for dates.

The Three Seas Initiative and the Graz Triangle Relations Towards the United Arab Emirates

The presented research is the first such study on Austria, Croatia, Slovenia‎(Graz Triangle) as a part of the Three Seas Initiative from the perspective of‎the United Arab Emirates. After 2015, when the Three Seas Initiative was‎initiated, the United Arab Emirates greatly intensified its relations with this‎geographical area. In this study, the author relied on international practice‎and role theory, supported by the analytical and empirical case study method.‎Moreover, the researcher verified the study results through ten-year participation‎in many processes and phenomena of the investigated area, including‎as Ambassador, Senior Advisor to Dubai Expo 2020 responsible for strategies‎and dynamizing the Three Seas Initiative countries’ relations with the‎United Arab Emirates. The obtained findings indicate that the Graz Triangle‎states have the potential for further relations development with the United‎Arab Emirates. However, to give its strategic significance, the implementation‎project should be within a broader formula, i.e., the Three Seas Initiative.

Childcare and housework during the first lockdown in Austria: Traditional division or new roles?

Objective: This study analyses how much time mothers and fathers spent on childcare and housework during and after the first COVID-19 lockdown in Austria (starting in mid-March 2020) and how they distributed that time between themselves. Background: Parents needed to reallocate care work between themselves as, on the one hand, kindergartens and schools closed for two months and, on the other hand, employment-related changes arose, e.g., working from home. The results are discussed in light of major theories that address the division of care work: the time availability approach and gender role theory. Method: This study employs data from the Austrian Corona Panel Project 2020/21, a web-based survey using quota sampling, which started in the second week of the first lockdown (n=372 for respondents in couples with children below age 15). Altogether, seven waves contain information about time spent on childcare and housework; three were conducted during or right after the first lockdown (April and May 2020) and four between June 2020 and February 2021. Linear and logistic regression models were used. Results: Within the whole study period, parents’ total workload (care work and employment) was highest during the first lockdown. The workload was greatest—an average of 15 hours on weekdays—among mothers with children below age six. While mothers shouldered more care work in most families, partners shared tasks equally in around one third of them. Care time depended on employment hours, especially for fathers. Yet, it was higher for mothers with the same level of employment as fathers. Conclusion: The COVID-19-related employment changes led to a rise in arrangements that rarely existed before in Austria, e.g., fathers working part-time. Consequently, some fathers took on new roles, especially when they worked from home (mostly among the higher educated), were non-employed (mostly among the lower educated) or worked part-time. The paper concludes by discussing whether those experiences may permanently result in more egalitarian gender roles.