Ecofeminism: A Study on Women Conflict Survivors’ Movement in Jambi Province, Indonesia

Muliono Muliono; Alya Triska Sutrisno; Mariatul Qibtiyah; Galank Pratama

Authors

Muliono Muliono Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6005-6231
Alya Triska Sutrisno School of Social Science - University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Mariatul Qibtiyah Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4525-1864
Galank Pratama Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Jambi, Jambi, Indonesia https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9519-6166

Keywords:

Women Movement, Ecofeminism, Land Conflict

Abstract

Land conflict is a very crucial issue. The persistence of this conflict has ecological and economic implications, as well as causing the deformation of social relations. These three contexts are the fundamental motives for women conflict survivors at the local level to organize a movement. This study aims to comprehensively explore the strategies, patterns, and forms of the movement by women survivors of land conflict and its meaning in relation to ecofeminism. This study uses a qualitative method. The data were obtained through in-depth interviews and observation towards movement of women conflict survivors in local communities in Jambi Province. The findings of this study show that first, the social movement of women survivors of land conflict is a reformative movement. Second, the movement’s strategies involve framing and protest actions, mobilization of solidarity through religious activities, and environmental empowerment. This study concludes that the movement of women survivors of land conflict is a form of ecofeminism, which not only serves as a way to advocate for justice at the local level but also as an effort to deconstruct the legacy of agrarian colonialism that is structurally unequal and gender-biased.

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