ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to identify and analyze the potential of women who could be empowered for rural development. To achieve these objectives, a combination of qualitative and quantitative approaches was used. This combination model is a dominant-less dominant design, where the qualitative data were obtained through in-depth interviews and observations, while the quantitative data were obtained through survey. The study was conducted in 5 villages in five Sub-districts in Serdang Bedagai District, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. The sample in this study was 250 people. The results revealed that the women in the five villages studied had various potentials that could be developed and empowered, namely: (1) Potential Ability to Do Business in the Economy; (2) Potential Human Resource Capabilities; (3) Potential for Organizational Ability, and (4) Villages’ Potential to Empower Women. These potentials would be developed if there was strong support from various parties such as, the government (Village, District, Province and Central Government), Non-Governmental Organizations (Civil Society), Universities, and Private Parties.

摘要

这项研究的目的是确定和分析可以为农村发展赋权的妇女的潜力。为了实现这些目标，使用了定性和定量方法的组合。这种组合模型是一种主导-少主导设计，定性数据通过深入访谈和观察获得，而定量数据通过调查获得。该研究在印度尼西亚北苏门答腊省 Serdang Bedagai 区 5 个分区的 5 个村庄进行。本研究的样本为 250 人。结果显示，所研究的五个村庄的妇女具有各种可以开发和赋权的潜力，即：（1）在经济中经商的潜在能力；(2) 潜在的人力资源能力；(3) 组织能力的潜力，(4) 村庄赋予妇女权力的潜力。如果得到政府（村、区、省和中央政府）、非政府组织（民间社会）、大学和私人等各方的大力支持，这些潜力就会得到开发。