Women and Poverty (a Study in Foreign TKW in Tulung Agung Regency)

DOI

10.2991/icame-18.2019.61How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Woman, Poverty, Former TKW, TKI

Abstract

The objectives of this research are: (1) to find out the comparison of TKW life before and after becoming TKW, (2) to know and to examine the problems faced by former TKW, the analytical method used is a qualitative method by using Forum Group Discussion (FGD). The results of the research are: (1) the economic condition of the ex-migrant workers after no longer TKW economic condition is short of 62.56%, enough as much as 12.16%, both as much as 4.25% and better as much as 21.62% of all respondents. (2) problems faced by ex-migrant workers, among others: (1) Economic condition returning to the period before leaving for TKW. (2) There is no concern from the government towards the migrant workers who are no longer TKW, (3) the difficulty of finding employment or business field in their own country, (4) Physical which no longer guarantees them to keep working as TKW. (5)Lack of appreciation given by the government after they are no longer TKW. (6) Their trauma to become TKW again. (7) Unstable economic conditions in the State of Indonesia. (8) The quality of human resources is still low.(9) High cost or cost to become TKW. (10) Often used as an object of dispute by the government at home and abroad. (11) Ineffective protection for migrant workers working overseas in obtaining a sense of security and comfort in working. How the former TKW overcome the problem by opening their own business, working in the agricultural sector, so housekeepers and so forth. The Government's way to overcome the problem of ex-migrant workers by providing business capital and empowerment in the economic sector.

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© 2019, 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  - Sayekti Suindyah Dwiningwarni
AU  - Andi Reni
AU  - Titin
AU  - Tatik Mulyati
AU  - Muhammad Yusuf
PY  - 2019/08
DA  - 2019/08
TI  - Women and Poverty (a Study in Foreign TKW in Tulung Agung Regency)
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Accounting, Management and Economics 2018 (ICAME 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 586
EP  - 594
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icame-18.2019.61
DO  - 10.2991/icame-18.2019.61
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