The Ideas of Non-Violent Communication by Women's Leaders in Overcoming Forest Garden Conflicts

This study aims to identify the forms and levels of Nonviolent Communication as a practice of exercising formal authority to women leaders at the village level in resolving forest conflicts or days of conflict in the community. As well as wanting to know the effectiveness of non-communication violence in dealing with individuals and the symptoms of the existing society. There are four components of Nonviolent Communication that are highlighted in this study, namely observation, feelings, needs, and request. This study uses a qualitative approach with feminist ethnographic methods. The use of feminist ethnographic methods is deemed appropriate to reveal women's life experiences related to conflicts and environmental issues.

From interviews conducted directly in Bandung Jaya Village, Kepahiang, it was found that the Village Head who is also a woman applies the four components of Nonviolent Communication. Thus, enabling her as the village head to resolve the conflict. With the application of humanist communication, the village head succeeded in transforming the conflict into a peace dialogue in the TWA forest conflict resolution process. As a result of the communication patterns adopted by the village head, many changes have occurred in the community.

Finally, women have a collective awareness to move and take a role in the public sphere.