Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Community Development (AMCA 2018)

Noken: Women Empowerment & Tourism Industry in Papua

Authors
Machya Astuti Dewi, Meilan Sugiarto, Iva Rachmawati, Sri Issundari
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Machya Astuti Dewi
Available Online July 2018.
DOI
10.2991/amca-18.2018.61How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Noken, poverty, women empowerment, tourism industry
Abstract

This article aims to explain the opportunities of wicker bags noken, as a way for Papuan women to be more empowered. Noken is a traditional handmade Papuan handbag. Currently, young women are starting to leave the tradition of weaving noken because it is considered a symbol of backwardness. Woven bag noken may improve the welfare of women as well as sustaining Papua tourism. If it is packed in an attractive way, noken can be used as a souvenir icon of Papua. In turn, it develops the tourism industry and a means of women empowerment. This article describes the opportunities for women's empowerment in supporting the tourism industry through the development of woven bags noken. The research took place in Merauke district of West Papua.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Community Development (AMCA 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2018
ISBN
978-94-6252-561-0
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/amca-18.2018.61How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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