Studi Pemberdayaan Perempuan (Pemulung) Rawan Sosial Ekonomi di TPA Kelurahan Manulai II Kecamatan Alak Kota Kupang

Abstrak

Empowerment can be said as a way or process in preparing the quality of human resources with the aim that existing human resources become independent and have a wider network and can adapt to the conditions of the current era. Empowerment can make women more developed with adequate knowledge and skills. However, in this case, many women have not received the knowledge and skills so it is difficult for them to overcome every problem they face in their lives. The purpose of this study was to determine the condition of women who are socio-economically vulnerable and what empowerment is carried out by women who are socio-economically vulnerable who are in the TPA Manulai II Village. This study uses a qualitative research method with a field research approach. Researchers will take the research place in Kupang City, especially at the Final Disposal Site (TPA) Manulai II Village. The reason the researcher chose this location is that this place has social problems and there are women who are socio-economically vulnerable. Data sources are primary data and secondary data. Data collection techniques are observation, interviews, and documentation, then the data analysis technique uses data reduction (data reduction), display data, and conclusions or verification. The results of this study indicate that the empowerment program for socio-economic vulnerable women at the Manulai II TPA Kupang city has not been able to run well, whether carried out by the government or by non-governmental organizations due to funding constraints, population identity, and instant mentality (easy) from the residents. TPA Manulai II. In the future, both the government and non-governmental organizations need to properly prepare empowerment programs and everything must be done in a structured and orderly manner, starting from data collection, socialization, program implementation, to the evaluation and follow-up stages