Proceedings of the first International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities, Economics and Law, September 5-6 2018, Padang, Indonesia

Research Article

Empowerment of Fishermen’s wives in Labuhanbatu

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281020,
        author={Tengku Irmayani and Husnul Isa Harahap and Indra Pandapotan},
        title={Empowerment of Fishermen’s wives in Labuhanbatu},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the first International Conference on Social Sciences, Humanities, Economics and Law, September 5-6 2018, Padang, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICONSHEL},
        year={2019},
        month={3},
        keywords={women fisherman poverty women empowerment coastal woman},
        doi={10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281020}
    }
    
  • Tengku Irmayani
    Husnul Isa Harahap
    Indra Pandapotan
    Year: 2019
    Empowerment of Fishermen’s wives in Labuhanbatu
    ICONSHEL
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-9-2018.2281020
Tengku Irmayani1,*, Husnul Isa Harahap1, Indra Pandapotan1
  • 1: Department of Political Science, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia
*Contact email: tengku.irmayani@gmail.com

Abstract

This study examines empowerment of fishermen’s wives in Labuhanbatu. Begin to see the living conditions of fishermen (education and economy) to whether the district government of Labuhanbatu make a policy for the empowerment of fishermen's wives, so as to encourage the improvement of the fishermen's family economy. The study found that there are three main explanations. First, there is no empowerment done by the local government in the fishermen's territory. Second, low education does not change the economy of fishing communities in Labuhanbatu getting better. Third, the lack of financial ability and the skill of the fishermen's wives, which in turn make the fishermen's wives in Labuhanbatu become the woman left behind. The purpose of this study is to initiate an empowerment that can be done by the district government Labuhanbatu in order to raise the degree of fishermen from poverty.