The Role of Social Workers in Empowering Socioeconomic Women in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic

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10.2991/assehr.k.210226.048How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Social Workers, Empowerment, Socioeconomic Women

Abstract

Covid-19 pandemic had changed all the social life and economic. Empowerment is one of the efforts to strengthen the ability and skill, which refers to the condition or results attained by a social change, through the enhancement of physical, mental, social, and economic ability to fulfill the basic needs. This research aims to identify Social Workers (SW) in empowering socioeconomically versatile women. This research used a descriptive qualitative approach, and the subjects of the research are social workers and clients of economically versatile women in Putat Jaya Urban Village, Surabaya. The location of the research is Putat Jaya Urban Village Sawahan District Surabaya City in which it was used to be the biggest Red-Light District in Southeast Asia, the Dolly Red-Light District. Data collection methods used were interviews, observation, and literary research. These research results are social workers as (1) facilitators; (2) motivators; and (3) companions. Empowerment conducted by SW resulted in the ability to do something useful and had never been done before, improving the power and existence, the feeling of more secure and comfortable by the client, and problem-solving alternatives. Meanwhile, the impact of the role of SW is the ability to work independently, the ability to run their businesses by using their skills; having the high motivation to improve their talents and sparing their time to express their hobbies; having easy access to public service, especially the programs held by the government.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rezka Arina Rahma
AU  - Sucipto
AU  - Monica Widyaswari
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/03/01
TI  - The Role of Social Workers in Empowering Socioeconomic Women in the Time of Covid-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Arts Language and Culture (ICALC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 61
EP  - 68
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210226.048
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210226.048
ID  - Rahma2021
ER  -