GENDER ISSUES OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN INDONESIA

Rahutami, Angelina Ika and Matitaputty, Shandy (2017) GENDER ISSUES OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN INDONESIA. South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law, Vol. 13, Issue 2(August). ISSN 2289-1560

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Abstract

Poverty is not only measured in terms of social and economic conditions, but is also based on the development of poverty theory. Poverty concept is also related to the gender aspect. The main idea behind the concept of the feminization of poverty is thatthere is a gender bias in the evolution of poverty over time. The previous researches showed that poverty in Indonesia hascaused the women to have a heavier burden than men. Some basic indicators, for example, access to employment, educational opportunities, and access to a healthy life, showed that Indonesian women have less access to benefits and power compared to men. This evidence indicating that women in poverty are marginalized; for example, in poor families, girls often get the lowest priority in education. This condition puts women in a vicious cycle of poverty and needs to be proven and analyzed in greaterdetail. According to the poverty condition in Indonesia, the aims of this study are to describe the poverty condition in Indonesia and evaluate poverty alleviation policies focused to gender bias. This study used secondary and primary data. The descriptiveand policy analysis was used in the study. The research result found that miscarriage of poverty and equality problems can hamper the improvement of social welfare. Some secondary data show that there are indicators on the feminization of poverty in Indonesia. Based on the policy evaluation, the Indonesian government is seriously taking this poverty condition into consideration. The poverty policies are made generally, whereas the alignment against women is only one aspect. The gender policies which are made in thenational or local level are general and put more emphasis on the protection of women. Keywords: Poverty, Indonesia, Feminization, Gender, Policy

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	300 Social Sciences > 330 Economics
Divisions:	Faculty of Economics and Business
Depositing User:	ms Angelina Ika Rahutami
Date Deposited:	18 Nov 2020 03:56
Last Modified:	18 Nov 2020 03:56
URI:	http://repository.unika.ac.id/id/eprint/22902

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