Mapping the Inhibiting Factors of Women's Role in Rural Development: A Case Study of Bejijong Village, East Java Province

SDGs Desa are the policy framework of village development and village community
empowerment to achieve sustainable development goals in Indonesia. SDGs Desa in 2030 has
one of the targets, which is to community in a fair position without discrimination against women
in all aspects of life. In addition, equal opportunities are opened for women in public affairs. This
can be achieved by the achievement of all indicators of SDGs Desa goal 5 'Involvement of
Village Women' based on the Ministry of Villages, Development of Disadvantaged Regions, and
Transmigration of the Republic Indonesia. The involvement of women's roles in village
development is influenced by various things, one of which is a barrier. This is due to women's
responsibilities in carrying out domestic roles so that some of them have limitations to be actively
involved in village development. Therefore, this research aims to identify inhibiting factors of
women's roles in development in Bejijong Village, Trowulan Sub-district, Mojokerto Regency,
East Java Province. The research was conducted using a deductive qualitative method through
field observations, interviews with stakeholders, and documentation. Stakeholders interviewed
included government, village organizations, and non-governmental organizations. The results
showed that there are inhibiting factors in the form of demands for domestic roles. Even so,
village development activities involving the role of women continue because there are women
in Bejijong Village who can overcome these inhibiting factors and are active in the public sphere.
In overcoming these inhibiting factors, women are supported by family support and adequate
facilities from the village government. Keywords: women’s role, rural development, sustainable
development; inhibiting’s factors mapping, Bejijong Village, Mojokerto Regency.