Empowering Former Female Migrants in Sragen Indonesia

Women, including the former female migrants, are vulnerable to enter into poverty circle. They need productive business to improve their family wellbeing. This research aims to analyze the empowerment of former female migrants in KAMI TKI Mukti Organization in Sragen Regency. Longwe's Gender analysis was used to analyze the enfranchisement of former female migrants with five techniques: wellbeing, access, participation, consciousness, and control. This qualitative research with case study approach processed the data in-depth and comprehensively through observation, interview, and documentation. The result of research showed that former female migrants have a productive activity such as cattle breeding, vegetable-processed food production, food catering, and net rope-made bag and wallet handicraft. The optimal income use can improve family wellbeing because the family's high motivation can save the remittance and can make it productive business capital. They have low consuming behavior and a strong desire to get out of the poverty circle.