Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH): Examining the Social Relation Approach on Poverty Alleviation Policies in Indonesia

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10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_22How to use a DOI?

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Family; Gender; PKH; Poverty; Sustainable Development

Abstract

“No Poverty” is the first goal that must be achieved in the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Indonesian government is responding through the Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH) to alleviate poverty by providing social protection to poor families. PKH has special programs for women, in this case pregnant and lactating women, including children's health to reduce stunting and malnutrition rates. Women are a priority as the main beneficiaries of the PKH program. However, understanding policy requires in the local context, where women and man have a different access to and distribution of opportunities. The purpose of this study is to analyze gender relations in PKH policies as an effort to reduce poverty in Indonesia. The analysis carried out in this essay uses the Social Relation Approach (SRA) method and analysis by Naila Kabeer. This research will analyze the position of women in the family, community, state and market as beneficiaries of the PKH program. The results of the study show that women’s position are still vulnerable, weak, and domesticated that were inherent in poor family. As the main beneficiaries, women's control over resources, access, and benefits obtained from PKH services were also minimum. This also hinders the achievement of the SDGs goal, namely poverty alleviation in a sustainable manner. The recommendation from the study results is that sustainable poverty alleviation needs to have a gender perspective, through empowering man in resource management, access, and management of the division of labor and understanding of gender for PKH assistants.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nefa Wahyuning Anggraini
AU  - Alfiatul Khairiyah
AU  - Fitriatul Hasanah
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/06/12
TI  - Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH): Examining the Social Relation Approach on Poverty Alleviation Policies in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies (ICoMSi 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 273
EP  - 286
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_22
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_22
ID  - Anggraini2024
ER  -