Interview findings of key gender mainstreaming strategies to strengthen gender capacities in Bantul and Sleman regencies
| Dimension of gender capacities | Type of gender capacities | Main challenges of gender capacities | GM strategies to strengthen gender capacities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic dimension | Women’s active role in ROSCAs (rotating savings and credit associations or Arisan) | Limited number of women’s groups involved in ROSCAs | Mobilizing and creating ROSCAs across women’s groups and neighborhoods by integrating ROSCA activities with other community activities |
| Women’s and men’s active roles in agricultural markets | Lack of financial credit, marketing, and infrastructure | Supporting women and men in agricultural markets by providing financial credits, training, and infrastructure, particularly to support organic agricultural products | |
| Women’s and men’s roles in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) | Lack of knowledge of marketing and financial credit | Supporting women’s and men’s roles in creating and developing SMEs by providing marketing training programs and financial credits | |
| Social dimension | Richness of community social capital in the form of women’s and men’s groups as well as a tradition of community activities (i.e. gotong-royong and kerjabakti) | Some women’s groups were not involved in government programs | Strengthening community social capital through empowering women’s and men’s groups’ involvement in reconstruction process from planning, reconstruction, and design in both housing reconstruction programs and livelihood recovery programs |
| Women’s active roles in Posyandu and family welfare programs (PKK) | Some Posyandu and PKK were inactive due to the earthquake | Strengthening the role of Posyandu and PKK through providing healthcare training to Kader (cadres) as well as integrating Posyandu and PKK within regency programs for health | |
| Environmental dimension | Women’s roles in waste and recycling management | Low technical skill in recycling waste and management among women | Promoting women’s groups in waste and recycling management by providing technical skills for waste recycling management |
| Women’s and men’s roles in sustainable farming and food production | Lack of women’s and men’s knowledge in planting and marketing organic foods and vegetables | Promoting the role of women’s and men’s groups to enlarge activities related to sustainable farming and food products such as providing funding and training for the farmers | |
| Women’s and men’s roles in creating a green environment | Lack of women’s and men’s knowledge regarding the development of a green environment | Strengthening the roles of women and men in creating a green environment by providing training and giving free trees and vegetable seeds around the villages |
| Dimension of gender capacities | Type of gender capacities | Main challenges of gender capacities | GM strategies to strengthen gender capacities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic dimension | Women’s active role in ROSCAs (rotating savings and credit associations or | Limited number of women’s groups involved in ROSCAs | Mobilizing and creating ROSCAs across women’s groups and neighborhoods by integrating ROSCA activities with other community activities |
| Women’s and men’s active roles in agricultural markets | Lack of financial credit, marketing, and infrastructure | Supporting women and men in agricultural markets by providing financial credits, training, and infrastructure, particularly to support organic agricultural products | |
| Women’s and men’s roles in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) | Lack of knowledge of marketing and financial credit | Supporting women’s and men’s roles in creating and developing SMEs by providing marketing training programs and financial credits | |
| Social dimension | Richness of community social capital in the form of women’s and men’s groups as well as a tradition of community activities (i.e. | Some women’s groups were not involved in government programs | Strengthening community social capital through empowering women’s and men’s groups’ involvement in reconstruction process from planning, reconstruction, and design in both housing reconstruction programs and livelihood recovery programs |
| Women’s active roles in | Some | Strengthening the role of | |
| Environmental dimension | Women’s roles in waste and recycling management | Low technical skill in recycling waste and management among women | Promoting women’s groups in waste and recycling management by providing technical skills for waste recycling management |
| Women’s and men’s roles in sustainable farming and food production | Lack of women’s and men’s knowledge in planting and marketing organic foods and vegetables | Promoting the role of women’s and men’s groups to enlarge activities related to sustainable farming and food products such as providing funding and training for the farmers | |
| Women’s and men’s roles in creating a green environment | Lack of women’s and men’s knowledge regarding the development of a green environment | Strengthening the roles of women and men in creating a green environment by providing training and giving free trees and vegetable seeds around the villages |
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