Dobrakan Perempuan dalam Menggapai Pemimpin di Organisasi Ikatan Mahasiswa Simalungun Universitas Sumatera Utara (Imas-USU)

Abstract

The title raised in this study is Women's Breakthrough in Reaching for Leaders in the Simalungun Student Association Organization of the University of North Sumatra (Imas-Usu). The leader is defined as an effort to coordinate, direct, control members for each responsibility held so that it goes well and achieves common goals. The method used in this study is a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques used in this study were observation, interviews, documentation and literature. Presentation of data using the Glass Ceiling Theory which shows the limitations or obstacles faced by female members of the IMAS-USU organization to achieve organizational leadership positions. The Simalungun-cultured IMAS-USU organization is patriarchal in nature which prioritizes men including leadership, so that women experience difficulties in getting a role as a leader known as the glass ceiling. The glass ceiling in the IMAS-USU organization is divided into two, namely the first internal factor in the form of a lack of self-confidence and women should be protected, the second is the external factor, namely the obstacles that are often faced, namely the Simalungun culture which is patriarchal, women's families who are patriarchal, lack of trust and see women as weak . The women who began to realize this opportunity began to break down these boundaries in all forms such as taking part in the committee either as coordinator or chair of the committee, filling in divisions that were identical to men's duties and becoming the general coordinator of IMAS-USU.