Development of Village Women Empowerment Model to Increase Income and Support the Regional Tourism Sector Through Community-Based Education

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10.2991/assehr.k.210424.078How to use a DOI?

Keywords

women empowerment, community-based education

Abstract

This current study focuses on developing a model for empowering village women through community-based education in Loborai Village, Sabu Timur District. This is since women in this village are less empowered due to an established culture, lack of knowledge and skills and do not have entrepreneurial spirit. This research used Research & Development (R&D) method with reference to the development procedures of modified Borg and Gall model. This research was also included in the type of action research and the data were analyzed descriptively and qualitatively. The development of the women empowerment model in Loborai village through community-based education started with the determination of participants. Next, the authors identified the problems and needs of the participants. Their problems were generally related to economy, education, social-culture and customs and the environment. Based on the results of problem identification, the authors designed solutions to their problems which were manifested in the form of community-based education as an empowerment program for rural women. The given education and training was entrepreneurship (culinary) by utilizing local food and consisted of three stages; preparation, implementation and mentoring.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Anastasia Imelda Sayd
AU  - Yessi Susan Intan P. Benu
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/04/26
TI  - Development of Village Women Empowerment Model to Increase Income and Support the Regional Tourism Sector Through Community-Based Education
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Social Science (ICAST-SS 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 406
EP  - 410
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210424.078
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210424.078
ID  - Sayd2021
ER  -