html5-img
1 / 26

ACHIEVING PROSPERITY AND DIGNITY From Economic Empowerment to Social Movement By: Nani Zulminarni National Coordinator

ACHIEVING PROSPERITY AND DIGNITY From Economic Empowerment to Social Movement By: Nani Zulminarni National Coordinator, PEKKA. The Need. Growing Number of Households Headed by Women:. *Official s tatistical d ata *The a ctual number might be higher. THE INVISIBILITY.

tyrell
Download Presentation

ACHIEVING PROSPERITY AND DIGNITY From Economic Empowerment to Social Movement By: Nani Zulminarni National Coordinator

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. ACHIEVING PROSPERITY AND DIGNITYFrom Economic Empowerment to Social MovementBy: Nani ZulminarniNational Coordinator, PEKKA

  2. The Need Growing Number of Households Headed by Women: *Official statistical data *The actual number might be higher

  3. THE INVISIBILITY • Marriage law – men are the head of households • Development approach – households • Absence of programsand organizations focusing on households headed by women • Extended family system

  4. EXCLUSION FROM THE SYSTEM • Customary law is applied in many places • Stereotypes target women without husbands • Wives are neglectedand/or abandoned • Violence against women is common • Standard of living is low

  5. PEKKA AREA COVERAGE

  6. PEKKA PROFILE

  7. Age 12.50% 26.20% 30.10% 4.80% 24.60% 31-40 20-30 51-60 >60 41-50

  8. Reason for become Pekka Abandoned/ neglected 9.70% Divorced 10.80% Widows 64.60% Sick husband 3.40% Single 9.70%

  9. Level of education Juniors high school 7% Senior high school 5.20% University 0.2% Elementary school 38% Never been to school 41.1% Did not finish elementary school 3.3%

  10. Type of job Service 1.8% Handicrafts11.9% Jobless 7.4% Trader 16.6% Food processing 0.8% Office staff 0.7% Daily wage worker 0.7% Farmer 39.4%

  11. Number of dependents

  12. Income

  13. THE DREAMProsperity, Gender Justice, and Dignity

  14. OUR MISSION • Better resources • Conscientization • Political participation • Balance of power

  15. FOUR PEKKA PILLARSOF EMPOWERMENT PEKKA IN THE FUTURE • Prosperous • Visible and recognized • With equal status in society • Survivors and motivators • With open access to resources • Powerful pressure groups CAPACITY BUILDING • PEKKA IN THEPast • Poor • Isolated • Discriminated against • Not recognized by others • Subject to traumatic experiences • With limited access to resources • Victimsof violence CONSCIENTIZATION AND VISIONING ADVOCACY AND CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL CHANGE ORGANIZATIONAL AND NETWORK DEVELOPMENT

  16. THE PROGRAM CURRENT CONDITION: Poverty, Exclusion, Lack of access, Invisibility, Dependency, Lack of confidence THE FUTURE OF PEKKA: Prosperous, Inclusive, Access to resources, Visible and recognized, Independent, confident PEKKA ORGANIZATION and LEADERSHIP Lifelong Learning Economic Empowerment Legal Empowerment Political Empowerment Community Media Development

  17. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT • Microfinance • Building collective assets • Open access and control over financial resources • Profit-sharing • HOW? • Apply cooperative principles • Start with trust building among members • Everyone must have savings in the co-op • One women,one vote, equal access to resources, independent oftheir savings • Annual meeting for accountability and profit sharing • Train group leaders on financial management,including book keeping

  18. ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT Micro Enterprises Development • Individual businesses • Group businesses • How? • Based on existing microbusinesses, available resources,and marketsin areas • Peer technical training for skills and quality improvement • Send members to learn new businesses in other places • Provide funds for experiments • Facilitate product promotion both locallyand nationally • Train members inbusiness management

  19. IN 8 YEARS • 430 grass root organizations • >10 ,000 head of households • >40,000 family members, >100,000 community members • >250 villages, 41 sub districts, 8 provinces

  20. 32 microfinance institutions (LKM), owned and controlled by the PEKKA groups • Savings $200 000, community revolving funds $500,000 • Outstanding $1.85 million • LKM income $50,000/year • 17 community center

  21. PEKKA CHALLENGES • SUSTAINABILITY • INDEPENDENCE • INCLUSIVITY • ENGAGEMENT • REPLICATION AND EXPANSION

  22. SUSTAINABILITY • Microfinance institutions at sub-district owned and controlled by Pekka groups • Multi stakeholder forum at district level • Pekka leaders and cadres with different experts

  23. INDEPENDENCE • Decentralized all process and resources • PekkaAssociation as independent body up to National Level • Pekka networking with others

  24. INCLUSIVE • Learning and leadership centers at village and district level, accessible for all community members • Regular Pekka community festival • Pekka social activities and charity

  25. ENGAGEMENT • Regular dialogue with government • Encourage candidates to run for office • Encourage members to become committee members during elections

  26. REPLICATION AND EXPANSION • Approach local government • Share learning experiences through workshops and training sessions • Raise fundsand start new initiatives

More Related