Subsistence Economy and The Papua Women Trader Marginalization in The Indonesia-Papua New Guinea Border Trade Region

Jurnal Ilmu Sosial Mamangan

Erna Ermawaty Chotim¹ 

[1] Universitas Nasional;

关键词: papuan women trader;    economy subsistence;    marginalization;    indigenous papuan;    border trade;    socialinclusion;   

DOI  :  10.22202/mamangan.v9i1.2992

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

ThisresearchwasconductedinthecontextofindigenousPapuans empowermentprogram, specifically focused on Papuan women traders in the border region Muara Tami District, Papua. This region represents one of Indonesia's borders providing an economic surplus for the state. It has triggered the important question, that is to what extent the economic surplus in the border regionhasbroughtbenefitstoindigenousPapuans,particularlytotheirwomentraders?What arethedirectbenefitsthatPapuanwomentradersspecificallygetfromeconomicsurpluses frombordertrades?Todeterminetheresearchareas,thisresearchexaminesstatisticaldata related to border trades that has made the Papua-PNG border an area with an economic surplus. Thisresearchcollecteddatabyusingqualitativemethodswhichincludein-depthobservations andinterviewswitheconomicactorsinvolvedinbordertradesequippedwiththe documentationstudyoftheregionalandnationallevel-statisticaldata.Sourceandmethod triangulationwereusedfordatavalidity.Thestudy'sresultillustratesthat womenPapuan tradersfaceagreatlycomplexissue.Therealityisthatamidstthesaidsurplus,thePapuan womentradersarestilldealingwiththesubsistenceeconomyandbeingmarginalizedfrom productive economic sources which have implications for the emergence of the dimensions and typesofmarginalization.Inotherwords,astheindigenoustraders,thesewomenhavenot become direct beneficiaries of the economic surplus. Sociocultural system and policy interventionlackingunderstandingofwomen'sissuesarethefactorswhichcontributetothe subsistence economyand marginalization. Without a positive discrimination policy, affirmative action, and social inclusion policy, it will be hard for these indigenous Papuan women traders to actively participate in the economic development process and to serve as direct beneficiaries of the current and future economic surpluses in the border region.

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