TMs Empowerment Research Articles

Modal Sosial Dalam Pemberdayaan Perempuan Pada Sektor Informal Di Kelurahan Karangrejo, Kecamatan Karangrejo, Kabupaten Magetan

Abstract— Social capital consists of three main pillars, namely trust, norms and networks. Everything will be examined through a description of the informal sector seen from women who work as traders in Karangrejo Village, Karangrejo District, Magetan Regency. The research problem that will be answered in this study is knowing social capital in empowering women in the informal sector. The purpose of this study was to determine the description of social capital in empowering women traders in Karangrejo Village. Researchers used a descriptive qualitative approach with questionnaire data collection methods and documentation. The participation of women in the informal sector in Kelurahan Karngrejo turns out to provide many functions for women’s self-development. At first they have not been able to identify the potential that exists in them, now they can recognize their own potential so that women can apply it through the skills they have mastered. Social capital efforts in women’s empowerment are expected to motivate women to be more advanced, independent and be able to develop their potential. In society so that they can be more empowered and improve their social welfare as well as help the family economy.
 
 Keywords—: social capital; women empowerment and the informal sector.

Penyebab Kekerasan Dalam Rumah Tangga (KDRT) di Kecamatan Bantul Kabupaten Bantul Yogyakarta

Increasing Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) goals that is continued in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, domestic violence has increased signiicantly every year. The domestic violance in Indonesia, 2010 reached 295 836 cases and in Bantul District increased from 6 to 12. This study aims to determine factors that lead to domestic violence in Bantul Sub-District. This was descriptive qualitative study, with purposive sampling techniques. In the beginning of the study, there were about two dozen informants, but only four people who were willing to become informants. Data was collected through in-depth interviews, semi standard way and reseracher as a key instrument. The source triangulation was used for data validation. There were many factors that lead to domestic violences: the economic situations, harmony in intimate relationships, conidence, communication, stress, and the past experiences. The education was not a cause of domestic violence. Key words: domestic violence

From Islamic Feminism to Radical Feminism: Roquiah Sakhawat Hossein to Taslima Nasrin

This paper examines four women writers who have contributed through their writings and actions to the awakening of women in Bangladesh: Roquiah Sakhawat Hossein, Sufia Kamal, Jahanara Imam and Taslima Nasrin. The first three succeeded in making a space for themselves in the Bangladesh tradition and carved a special niche in Bangladesh. All three of them were writers in different genres – poetry, prose, fiction – with the last best known for her diary about 1971. While these iconic figures contributed towards women’s empowerment or people’s rights in general, Taslima Nasrin is the most radically feminist of the group. However, while her voice largely echoes in the voices of young Bangladeshi women today – often unacknowledged – she has been shunned by her own country. The paper attempts to explain why, while other women writers have also said what Taslima Nasrin has, she alone is ostracised.

Women’s Empowerment:Recent Evidence From Asia

ABSTRACT:Empowering women to participate fully in economic life across all sectors is essential to build stronger economies, achieve internationally agreed goals for development and sustainability, and improve the quality of life for women, men, families and communities. The present paper is concerned with the study of the variance of women’s empowerment  in Asia across the countries. Using six variables of women’s empowerment  and with the help of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA), the paper attempts to answer a question whether there is a significant GDP per capita growth effect and literacy growth effect  on women’s empowerment  across countries of Asia during 1991 to 2013  and shed some light for management of women’s empowerment  . The significance of the GDP per capita growth effects and literacy growth effects on  women’s empowerment  is confirmed using MANOVA test statistics.

Women, Apiculture and Development: Evaluating the Impact of a Beekeeping Project on Rural Women’s Livelihoods

Apiculture is often cited as a possible method of empowering rural women. Beekeeping generates a product with high market potential, while being more easily adapted to constraints of low credit and limited land access than other agricultural activities. Beekeepers in Romania are predominantly male, however studies have shown a growing popularity of the activity among women In 2008 and 2011, Heifer International introduced beekeeping to rural families in SAƒlaj County, Romania, encouraging equal participation among women and men. By “passing on the gift”, the project was also extended in some villages in Cluj county. The goal of the present study was to assess the projects’ impact on female beneficiaries several years later. The methodology used was surveying via a quantitative and qualitative questionnaire. The sample size was 30 women, from nine villages of the SomeE™ River Valley involved in the project. The results of the research shown that women continue to practice subsistence farming and beekeeping remains small-scale. However, improvements in household revenues and women’s participation are observed. Production is focused mainly on honey, which is sold through informal channels. Women welcome the idea of further diversification through value-added products, and further training to improve market access could provide additional benefits. Families consume more honey and the women acknowledge nutritional benefits. The Heifer principle of “passing on the gift” helped build connections among local women beekeepers. The study offers advice and best practices for future apicultural development projects. It reminds practitioners of the importance of activities that facilitate women’s empowerment and agency in rural community development.

CONTESTING VIEWS ON FEMALE CHARACTERS IN Ẹ̀JẸ̀ MÉJÌ, A YORUBA MOVIE

The paper examines a Yoruba movie, links it to some Yoruba beliefs and asserts the connection between the reality and the creative production. To anchor its major point, it incorporates some verbal expressions of the Yoruba, draws attention to the thoughts that other scholars have about women’s empowerment and the challenges that educated African women face as they engage with their illiterate counterparts, and cites evidence from the movie, Ẹ̀jẹ̀ Méjì. At the end, the paper drifts towards a better painting of women’s image even though it echoes existing contradictory views on women.

Media Literacy: Agenda “Pendidikan” Nasional yang Terabaikan

The complexcity of the media’s problem in determining media policy can not be solved only by structural approach. The cultural approach is also needed in getting people participation and involvement to solve that problem. When the effect of media become an important issue in the relationship between media and the public, the media should not only be regulated, but the public should be involved and given the opportunity to play important role making the media to be part of public life and helping the public to solve their life. People’s empowerment in this cultural approach can be conducted through the program of media literacy. This movement as a public power and identity certainly has influence to the media.

A Mirage or a Rural Life Line? Analysing the impact of Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act on Women Beneficiaries of Assam

The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), launched in February 2006 was renamed in October 02, 2009 as the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (henceforth, MGNREGA). It is an anti-poverty flagship programme of the Government of India. The key purpose of MGNREGA is to enhance wage employment in the rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed employment to every household in a financial year. The MGNREGA implementation status report for the financial year 2012-2013 unfolds that the programme has already provided employment to 44.9 million households across 28 districts and five union territories. Hence, it is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore the impact of MGNREGA on women beneficiaries. A plethora of research argues that MGNREGA, which promotes inclusive growth, is a vehicle of change, a lifeline for rural women. So far, however, there has been very little discussion about the impact of MGNREGA on women beneficiaries of Assam. This research is an attempt to examine the participation of women in MGNREGA, Assam. It critically looks at the issues, problems and challenges confronted by the women while working at MGNREGA. Written from a feminist perspective on gender, poverty and women’s empowerment, the research seeks to address the problems of the women beneficiaries through their lived experiences. For this, we conducted in-depth interviews with the women beneficiaries in the months of August and September, 2009 in four remote areas namely, Burka, Chandrapur, Barbhang and Muguriya, the first two situated in Kamrup, while the third and the fourth in Barpeta districts of Assam, where the programme of MGNREGA is on-going. The findings of the research suggest measures so that the programme can be made more effective in the long run.

National Discourses on Women’s Empowerment in Bangladesh: Continuities and Change

This paper explores how these perceptions and narratives around women’s empowerment have evolved in Bangladesh from 2000 to date. It studies the concepts of women’s empowerment in public discourse and reviews the meanings and uses of the term by selected women’s organisations, donor agencies, political parties and development NGOs. By reviewing the publicly available documents of these organisations, the paper analyses the multiple discourses on women’s empowerment, showing the different concepts associated with it and how notions such as power, domains and processes of empowerment are understood by these actors. It also highlights how these different discourses have influenced each other and where they have diverged, with an emphasis on what these divergences mean in terms of advancing women’s interests in Bangladesh.

Self Help Groups and Micro Credit- An Analytical Study with Special Reference to Coimbatore City

Microfinance and micro-credit practices have become a popular means of local development. In India, their expansion has been largest in Tamilnadu. These practices target primarily women, who are encouraged to construct self-help-groups in order to have a social basis for raising collateral and for receiving financial services. Microfinance has been perceived by the public as inducing strong positive effects on women’s empowerment and as strengthening the democratic fibre. From these standpoints, expansion and effects, it has been evaluated and analyzed whether microfinance can empower women and if empowered women can make a difference in women’s and societal issues. Interestingly, this study found that most women in this association experienced increased income and therefore improved their economic status, political and social conditions after receiving the loans. This result therefore further upholds the main purpose and objectives of microfinance in general