Social Engineering: Implementing the Empowerment of Retired Women Migrant Workers Based on Local Wisdom and Social Entrepreneurship

Abstract

This research is a multi-year study which aims to find a model of empowering women after migrant workers based on local wisdom and social entrepreneurship. The research location is in the village of Druju with the research subjects of women who are retired migrant workers who do not work / do not have a business. The method used is the Geographic Information System / GIS, Multi-stage, and cluster to determine the object of research, while the data analysis technique uses factor analysis and preference maps. Based on the local wisdom, the researcher offers two business options, namely the processing of processed products made from batik and processed products made from corn. With the factor analysis, the result shows that the total utility value of the product processing business made from batik is higher than the total utility value for processing products made from corn, so it can be concluded that women who are retired migrant workers prefer the business of processing products made from batik. Druju Village has a social entrepreneurship, namely the batik and is business. With the empowerment capital owned by Druju Village, the appropriate strategy for empowering women after migrant workers is the Aras Mezzo strategy, because the goal of empowerment is the formation of a Joint Business Group for processed products made from batik. The results of the study concluded that the efforts to empower women after migrant workers in Druju Village were in accordance with local wisdom and social entrepreneurship, there was a need for a partnership between the Joint Business Group for Retired Women Migrant Workers and Batik And is as a philanthropist. As an implementation of the research results, it is necessary to conduct social engineering with the aim of changing the social paradigm of female former migrant workers, so that they no longer become migrant workers but start new businesses as home industry players.