'Mama-mama' in Papua and the Access to Market

Abstract

The spearhead of people's economy in Papua is local traders which usually called as 'mama-mama', they try to increase family economy in Papua. The struggle among woman to seek basic necessities for their family needs serious attention from the government, particularly how to access traditional market as the place for them to sell the products of agriculture products or handcrafts such as noken and others. This article describes the existence of 'mama-mama' as women who have dual role in family, and also discusses social movement of mama-mama in Papua to access traditional market through 'Solidaritas Pedagang Asli Papua (SOLPAP)'. Besides, this article also discusses government role and the existence of social movement in implementing empowerment among mama-mama Papua regarding the training how to manage agriculture products and family coaching.