The Economic Empowerment of Women Through Local Culture-Based Crafts (Ulap Doyo Woven Fabric in Tanjung Jone Village, West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan)

Abstract

This study aims to identify and analyses women's economic empowerment through handicrafts based on the local culture of Ulap Doyo woven fabric in Tanjung Jone village, West Kutai Regency, East Kalimantan, the function of charge and its constraints. This research method is qualitative with a case study approach. The research conducted on traditional cloth craftsmen Ulap Doyo in Tanjung Jone Village. Data collection techniques using observation, interviews, and documentation. Their weaving skills are acquired by self-taught and then taught from generation to generation. The function of empowering women who produce Ulap Doyo is to help the family economy and educate young women in maintaining the moral values and indigenous culture of Dayak. The obstacles faced by the weavers are the raw materials of doyo leaves that must obtain from other villages, limited capital and marketing, and there is no community for the weavers, so they work individually. The obstacles faced by the weavers are the raw materials of doyo leaves that must obtain from other villages, the limitations of capital and marketing, and there is no community for the weavers, so they work individually.

Keywords women empowerment economy local culture-based ulap doyo tanjung jone