Proceedings of the 13th International Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar, IISS 2019, 30-31 October 2019, Malang, Indonesia

Research Article

Impact of the Rural Coping Poverty Feminization Program

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.23-10-2019.2293071,
        author={Alifiulahtin  Utaminingsih and Irma Fitriana Ulfah and Sumi  Lestari},
        title={Impact of the Rural Coping Poverty Feminization Program},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 13th International Interdisciplinary Studies Seminar, IISS 2019, 30-31 October 2019, Malang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={IISS},
        year={2020},
        month={3},
        keywords={gender female householder the feminization of poverty the women empowerment},
        doi={10.4108/eai.23-10-2019.2293071}
    }
    
  • Alifiulahtin Utaminingsih
    Irma Fitriana Ulfah
    Sumi Lestari
    Year: 2020
    Impact of the Rural Coping Poverty Feminization Program
    IISS
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.23-10-2019.2293071
Alifiulahtin Utaminingsih1,*, Irma Fitriana Ulfah1, Sumi Lestari1
  • 1: Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
*Contact email: alifiulathin@ub.ac.id

Abstract

This study aims to analyze of rural coping poverty feminization program in economic area, especially the poor female householder, but also analyze the supporting and inhibiting factors within the Feminization of Poverty Alleviation of Jalin Matra Program in Tulusbesar Village, Tumpang District, Malang Regency, East Java, Indonesia. This is a program launched by the Governor of East Java in 2014-2019 which aims to empower the poor society in East Java (Pergub Number 5 in 2018). Tulusbesar Village is chosen due to the fact Malang Regency is in the highest rank of the poor society among East Java. The method used descriptive-qualitative, in which the primary data is taken with interviews 50 informants were Poor Female Householder. The empowerment of KRTP is done through 3 stages, to be exact: responsiveness or behavior development, values transformation and intellectual enrichment. The results showed that there were 70 percent or 35 KRTP that succeeded in developing their business, with only 3 KRTP or 6 percent where their businesses had not succeeded yet. The KRTP who did not succeed in developing their business were 12 KRTP or 24 percent. The women empowerment at the Tulusbesar Village can be said to be successful due to the most of the KRTP beneficiaries of Jalin Matra succeed or could develop their business well and need to be improved according to their potential and capabilities.