A Call to Dignity : How Indonesia's Women-Headed Household Empowerment Program (PEKKA) is Transforming Lives and Changing Development Paradigms

World Bank

Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO EDUCATION;    ACCESS TO FINANCE;    ACCESS TO HEALTH;    ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE;    ACCESS TO RESOURCES;   

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学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Launched in 2001 in response to theplight of a faction of poor women - the widows of theconflict in Aceh Province - the Women-Headed HouseholdEmpowerment Program (PEKKA) has mushroomed into acommunity-driven phenomenon across eight provinces thatshows all signs of continued, rapid growth.Emphasizingvision, capacity building, networking, and advocacy forthose at the lowest end of the social scale - poor singlewomen heads of households - the PEKKA spark has become ablaze that seemed ready to ignite a national movement.Aprogram that helps the individuals that most aid programspass over - widows and single women household heads, PEKKAalso seeks to embolden poor Indonesian women to take chargeof their lives and engage in the development cycle as acooperative bloc.lt;BRgt;