A study of women’s potential and empowerment for accelerating village development in Serdang Bedagai district, North Sumatera Province

ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the potential of women who could be empowered for rural development. To achieve these objectives, a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches was used. This combination model is a dominant-less dominant design, where the qualitative data were obtained through in-depth interviews and observations, while the quantitative data were obtained through survey. The study was conducted in 5 villages in five Sub-districts in Serdang Bedagai District, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The sample in this study was 250 people. The results revealed that the women in the five villages studied had various potentials that could be developed and empowered, namely: (1) Potential Ability to Do Business in the Economy; (2) Potential Human Resource Capabilities; (3) Potential for Organizational Ability, and (4) Villages’ Potential to Empower Women. These potentials would be developed if there was strong support from various parties such as, the government (Village, District, Province and Central Government), Non-Governmental Organizations (Civil Society), Universities, and Private Parties.

RÉSUMÉ

Le but de cette étude est d’identifier et d’analyser le potentiel des femmes qui pourraient être autonomisées pour le développement rural. Pour atteindre ces objectifs, une combinaison d’approches qualitatives et quantitatives a été utilisée. Ce modèle combiné est un modèle dominant-less dominant, dans lequel les données qualitatives ont été obtenues au moyen d’entrevues et d’observations approfondies, tandis que les données quantitatives ont été obtenues au moyen d’une enquête. L’étude a été menée dans 5 villages de cinq sous-districts de Serdang Bedagai, dans la province de Sumatra du Nord, en Indonésie. L’échantillon de cette étude était de 250 personnes. Les résultats ont révélé que les femmes dans les cinq villages étudiés avaient divers potentiels qui pourraient être développés et autonomisés, à savoir: (1) la capacité potentielle de faire des affaires dans l’économie; (2) la capabilité potentielle des ressources humaines; (3) la capacité potentielle de l’organisation et (4) Potentiel des villages pour l’autonomisation des femmes. Ces potentiels seraient développés s’il y avait des soutiens forts de diverses parties telles que le gouvernement (le village, le district, la province et le gouvernement central), les organisations non gouvernementales (la société civile), les universités et les parties privées.

KEYWORDS:

• Inter-synergy
• village development
• women’s empowerment
• women's potential

MOTS-CLÉS:

• Inter-synergy
• Développement du village
• Autonomisation des femmes
• potentialité de femmes

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Kariono

Kariono is a lecturer in department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia.

Badaruddin

Badaruddin is a lecturer in Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.

Humaizi

Humaizi is a lecturer in Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences.