Impact of Participation in the Family Income Generating Program (UPPKS) on Women"s Sustainable Livelihoods in Serdang Bedagai District of North Sumatra

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10.2991/icoposdev-17.2018.59How to use a DOI?

Keywords

empowerment, uppks, livelihood, social capital

Abstract

BKKBN implements a family welfare income generating program (UPPKS) associated with the implementation of Family Planning (KB).This article aims to analyze the impact of the UPPKS program on the welfare and livelihoods of women beneficiaries of the UPPKS program in Serdang Bedagai District, North Sumatra. The UPPKS program is a priority program for BKKBN centers its local government units to reduce poverty rates among women. Indeed, women's economy is still remains the most vulnerable, compare to their male's counterpart. Women's access to productive resources are lower as well as their access to other economic opportunities, political institutions and others essential services. This research uses mixed methods (combination of quantitative and qualitative methods). The research findings show that UPPKS network participants have improved both horizontally or vertically as well as with consumers. However, the program has had little impact in improving the welfare of women's groups so that their sustainable livelihoods remain vulnerable. This is due to the small scale nature of the productive managed and limited market network. The publication of this article as well as the field research is supported by the USU Research Institute.

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© 2018, 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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AU  - Muba Simanihuruk
AU  - Henri Sitorus
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