ANALYSIS OF COASTAL WOMEN EMPOWERMENT MODELS IN TAKALAR REGENCY

Community empowerment of fishermen should be bottom up and open the menu. However, the most important is the empowerment itself must directly touch the target community. The objective of this research is to analyze the empowerment model of coastal women in the form of aspirations, knowledge, skills, and perception in increasing the income of seaweed cultivation in Takalar Regency, and to analyze the driving factors and government policy in empowering coastal women to increase seaweed farming income in Takalar District. This study uses an inferential cross-section design to assess the interrelationship between variables. The sample in this research is coastal women in Takalar District, which amounted to 210 respondents. The research instruments include questionnaires, observation sheets and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Data analysis was done descriptively quantitative by using frequency statistic technique and percentage. The involvement of family members in coastal community households such as wives and children in livelihood activities has become a model of adapted livelihood adaptation strategies both traditionally and as a result of the dynamics of the social and economic environment. Thus, the condition of households of coastal communities or the role of women who have been contextualized in such a way as to increase the family's economic income.