Women’s Empowerment for Peasant Women`s Groups

Abstract

The Peasant Women's Group is an organization that functions as a vehicle for counseling and driving the activities of its members. Non-formally bound farmer groups are formed based on shared interests and environmental conditions to improve and develop member businesses. The existence of women's empowerment through farmer groups has a social impact on peasant women. The process of empowering women through non-formal education programs must begin with the awareness of the target community. The awareness step is intended to enable people to identify needs and formulate learning or life goals. What is apparent is that the role of women extends not only as labor in farming activities but they act as decision-makers on the use of means of production and the technology used in farming activities. Insights develop because of the input of fellow group members, from the experiences of successful people presented by the group as speakers in an extension and training activity and the active role of extension workers providing information about a technological innovation that makes it easier for women to adopt technology in agricultural business. Keywords: Empowerment, Women, Peasant Women's Group