PSW Again Organized Workshop on Home Industry
After the successful in organizing the workshop that present women entrepreneurs on home industry for villages around Darmaga campus on 11 April 2011, again the Division of Women Study Program (PSW) PSP3 LPPM IPB organized a workshop on home industry that present women entrepreneurs from South Jakarta, on Kinanti Room Hotel Salak Bogor, on Wednesday, 4 May 2011.
At this present workshop, the women entrepreneurs on home industry who were invited were those who have business on convection, traditional cakes, knick-knacks, snacks, robes and embroidery. They attended the "Workshop on Industrial Development from the Perspective of Women Entrepreneurs on Home Industry in Bogor and South Jakarta", organized by Women Study Program (PSW) PSP3 LPPM IPB in cooperation with the Ministry of Women and Child Protection (KPP-PA) Republic of Indonesia.
Deputy Gender Mainstreaming (PUG) of the Economic Affairs of KPP-PA, Dr. Heru Hertomo, on this occasion expressed his high expectations that PSW PSP3 LPPM IPB will implement studies for the advancement of gender equality for the economic development.
Through the efforts made by friends of the University, he expected to get models as how should the household economic of these communities will be developed by establishing home industry, as these models will produce the policies for household economic system to improve the quality of life of women and children. Hopefully, colleagues at Bogor Agricultural University will repackage their study results into the operational language, bywhich KPPA interventions have a positive impact, "explained Dr. Hertomo Heru.
Similar to the previous workshops, at the present workshop Chairman of Women Study Program (PSW) PSP3 LPPM IPB, Dr. Titik Sumarti presented the results of her psychosocial study, structural and gender issues in women entrepreneurs on home industry, the case studies of women entrepreneurs on home industry in South Jakarta. Her study revealed that there are many differences between South Jakarta and Bogor Regency, the differences include the education levels, the spirit of business, and access to the distribution.
With regard to this difference, the Chairman of Indonesian Association of Women Entrepreneurs (IWAPI) Bogor Regency, Hj. Ratu Nailamuna expressed her views. According to her, naturally there are differences in character between Bogor and Jakarta, particularly the women entrepreneurs on home industry of Bogor regency who live in marginal areas, as they are the target of the improvement for the proposed economic development.
Although they live near by the campus of Bogor Agricultural University, but still they are in the marginal areas of Bogor. It was informed that the current population of Bogor District is 4.7 (four million and seven hundred thousand) million, 30 (thirty) percent out of them are under the poor category, and they live in the outskirts. This situations cause their low level of education, which affects the difficulty in accepting the technology transfer. These different characters, require different handling for women entrepreneurs on home industry in these areas, " stated Ms. Ratu Nailamuna
As explained by the Chairman of IWAPI Bogor Regency, as well as other participants who gave similar statement, Dr. Titik emphatically stated that both regions have their own characteristics, thus, they could not be generalized. "We agree that the South Jakarta district, could not be compared to Bogor Regency. Therefore, detailed recommendations was made for both areas, to enable each region to implement it, "said Dr. Titik. (Wied).
