EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN THROUGH ORGANISASI PEMBERDAYAAN KESEJAHTERAAN KELUARGA (FAMILY WELFARE AND EMPOWERMENT ORGANIZATION) IN THE FAMILY INCOME DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM IN BANJARBARU CITY, INDONESIA

Empowerment is an effort to raise awareness and develop community potential in order to increase capacity that will allow the community to get out of poverty on the basis of their own abilities. In order for the realization of community empowerment, the government through the Pemberdayaan dan Kesejahteraan Keluarga (PKK) organization formed the Family Income Development Program or Usaha Peningkatan Pendapatan Keluarga (UP2K-PKK). This research was conducted in the City of Banjarbaru with the aim to describe and analyze the form of empowerment being applied in the UP2K-PKK Program. Indicators of community empowerment used in this research were the six dimensions of empowerment according to Stewart and community impact of empowerment according to Kuncoro. This research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive approach with the interview method. The conclusion of this study is that community empowerment in the UP2K-PKK Program has included 6 dimensions of empowerment namely enabling through training and coaching, facilitating capital and in overcoming problems and obstacles, consulting that is carried out regularly through face-to-face method and also by telephone and instant messaging, collaborating where UP2K groups are mentored together by TP PKK in coordination with related agencies, supporting in the form of moral, spiritual, financial and infrastructure support. The impact resulting from the UP2K program is economic development in the form of an increase in the amount of capital and income, human resource development in the form of coaching and training, infrastructure development and institutional development in the form of expanding business partnership networks.