Selasa, 11 September 2012

Partisipasi Perempuan dan Perencanaan PNPM Mandiri Pedesaan dalam Meningkatkan Keadilan dan Kesetaraan Gender

(Studi di Kecamatan Tiga Panah Kabupaten Karo Privinsi Sumatera Utara)

Oleh: Herwina Tarigan, M.R. Khairul Muluk, Siti Rochmah
The Objectives of the research are to analyze women's participation and to find the supporting and constraining's factors of women's participation in the planning of PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan, the forms of empowerment and the impact for women in rural area in the aspect gender equality and equity, as well as to give recommendations for improving women's participation in Karo regency.
Result of the research reveals that women have participated in the planning of PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan. It is indicated through their attendance and contribution in the planning process and decision making, also their involvement as administrator and member of the team work of PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan. The Empowerments in PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan include social empowerment, economic empowerment, psychological empowerment, political empowerment and organizational empowerment. Gender equality and equity are indicated from the equal opportunity to access information, to convey opinion, to attend meetings, to become an administrator and member of the team, to involve in decision making and to get the benefit of the program. PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan is a gender specific program characterized by positive discrimination of productive resources as a result of access discrimination, control, participation, and benefits of position of gender sub-ordination through distributive and redistributive policy in which PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan is more pro-women indicated by its policy on attendance quotas for women, special meetings for women, proposal for women, and micro credit program for women. Women's participation in attending the program of PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan show no difference compare to men, however it is lower than the total number of woman in Karo regency. Similarity, women participation as team work member of PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan is also low. Therefore, it is necessary to define a planning strategy to increase women's participation in enhancing gender equality and equity in Karo regency.

Keywords: PNPM Mandiri Perdesaan, empowerment, participation, gender

Diterbitkan dalam Jurnal Spirit Publik Edisi: Volume 7 Nomor 2 Tahun 2011 ISSN: 1907-0489 Halaman: 21-41

Selengkapnya: Partisipasi Perempuan dan Perencanaan PNPM Mandiri Pedesaan dalam Meningkatkan Keadilan dan Kesetaraan Gender