The Social Resilience of Women in Coastal Villages of East Java during the COVID-19 Pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the living conditions of rural women in coastal areas of East Java became increasingly difficult. The aim of this study is to reveal the important roles of women and their social resilience to survive during the pandemic. This research was conducted in poor coastal villages in the province of East Java, namely: 1) Surabaya City with multicultural characteristics; 2) Situbondo Regency with Javanese–Madurese mixed cultural characteristics and 3) Tuban Regency with Javanese cultural characteristics. The subjects of this study were married women who have children. Data collection was conducted for 2 months (June-July 2021) using a structured interview technique (questionnaire) with 185 respondents and an in-depth interview technique with 18 informants, including women and local leaders. The results of this study indicate the “coping” and “adaptive” capacities of women during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although women’s work in these coastal villages was categorized as unskilled work generating little income, women were still working to overcome the direct threat of the pandemic through available resources such as skills, time, family, and neighborhood ties. However, this study shows only a few capacities of the “transformative” type, whereby women have access to assets and assistance from wider social and political networks. This study shows a strong patriarchal culture influencing the lives of poor coastal rural women, but also reveals that the role of women was very important in maintaining family health and meeting income shortages for family needs during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Governance of Ex-Indonesian Migrant Workers Empowerment Based on Entrepreneur Skill in Malang

This study aims to understand the process of ex-Indonesian migrant workers’ empowerment through the Productive Migrant Village (Desmigratif) program in Arjowilangun Village. In this study, the writers use a qualitative approach because they want to directly observe the empowerment of ex-Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) in Arjowilangun Village. The research type used in this study is a case study. The data collection techniques are observation, interview, and documentation. Desmigratif program has several focused activities. One of them is to develop productive businesses. These productive business activities aim to help the growth of the entrepreneurship spirit of ex-Indonesian migrant workers and improve their confidence and welfare. The purposes and the main focuses of this study are to know and to decipher as follows: (1) various efforts that are done in the empowerment of ex-Indonesian migrant workers through productive business activities; (2) various factors that can support and detain the effort of ex-Indonesian migrant workers’ empowerment in Arjowi-langun Village. The result of this study shows that Desmigratif Program in Arjowilangun Village has run well. Still, the empowerment process of ex-Indonesian migrant workers in Arjowilangun Village is not yet maximum. It is caused by the lack of capital assistance in productive business activities and the minimum knowledge of ex-Indonesian migrant workers about marketing

Permasalahan Pendidikan Anak Migran di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Krisis kesehatan global Covid-19 telah menciptakan kondisi dunia yang berubah drastis. Berbagai pembatasan dilakukan untuk menghentikan penyebaran virus yang sangat mematikan ini. Krisis ini berdampak kepada seluruh aspek kehidupan termasuk perubahan sistem pendidikan yang “dipaksa menyesuaikan” dengan kondisi yang berlaku

Motif Bantuan Luar Negeri Amerika Serikat Kepada Afganistan Melalui Official Development Assistance Pada Tahun 2011-2016

Amerika Serikat merupakan salah satu negara donor terbesar di Afganistan. Kerjasama dan bantuan luar negeri meningkat pasca tragedi 9/11 yang dilakukan oleh Al-Qaeda. Setelah berhasil meruntuhkan rezim Taliban, Amerika Serikat membantu Afganistan pada sektor militer dan keamanan serta perbaikan kualitas pemerintahan. Afganistan merupakan negara penerima donor terbesar dan merupakan negara prioritas Amerika Serikat dalam bantuan luar negeri. Melalui official development assistance (ODA), Amerika Serikat berkomitmen untuk membangun kembali Afganistan melalui program-program pada bidang keamanan dan perdamaian, ekonomi, pembangunan, politik dan pemerintahan, kemanusiaan serta pendidikan. Penelitian ini menggunakan konsep Aid Allocation Motives milik Maria Andersson yang memiliki enam variabel dalam meneliti latarbelakang motif Amerika Serikat memberikan bantuan kepada Afganistan. Bantuan luar negeri Amerika Serikat kepada Afganistan memiliki motif ideologi yang bertujuan untuk menjaga kestabilan pemerintahan Afganistan dari ancaman Taliban dan untuk membentuk tatanan pemerintahan yang serupa dengan Barat