Session Name: Navigating Gendered Vulnerabilities Across Life Stages
The Role of Stakeholders in Reducing Child Marriage Rates as an Attempt to Support SDGs in Ngadiwono Village, Tosari, Pasuruan Regency
Thursday, August 1, 2024
09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)
Paper Abstract: This research aims to determine the role of stakeholders in reducing the rate of child marriage in Ngadiwono Village, Tosari, Pasuruan. In 2021, before there was a marriage age limit regulation from stakeholders, Ngadiwono Village was the village that had the highest cases of child marriage. This research uses qualitative methods with a critical approach. Criteria for selecting informants include full enculturation, being directly involved with the research object, having enough time, and being non-analytic. The research results show that cases of child marriage in Ngadiwono Village have decreased. The decline occurred because village stakeholders made unwritten regulations regarding the age limit for marriage, a minimum of 25 years for men and a minimum of 21 years for women when getting married. There is a customary law regulation that applies, if there is a case of pregnancy out of wedlock, the perpetrator is obliged to pay a fine of 50 sacks of cement or money equivalent to the price of cement per month. This fine is intended to provide a deterrent effect to the perpetrator and be a lesson for the community. This customary law has the meaning of ensuring that the people of Ngadiwono Village remain 'clean' from bad things. Apart from that, there is gender equality between girls and boys in Ngadiwono Village. In the past, even though girls had high intellectual abilities, they would still return to the ‘kitchen’, now both boys and girls have the same opportunity to get an education and realize their dreams.
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