The collaborative empowerment of rural women in Bandung-Indonesia to contribute for environment conservation: Integrating faculty expertise with transnational insights
Keywords:
Empowerment, Rural women, Environment, Green technology, IndonesiaAbstract
Rural women play an important role in managing households and local natural resources, such as water, firewood, and agricultural products. They have the potential to be agents of change for environmental preservation. The primary objective is to evaluate the program of initiatives from academics with the Indonesian diaspora in the United States to encourage rural women in Sindang Sari, Bandung-Indonesia to participate in environmental conservation. The research method is qualitative with interview, participatory workshops, case studies, observation and is equipped with survey conducted in the Sindang Sari Village-Bandung. Based on the results of the analysis, it was found that empowering rural women to conserve the environment can be done by academics supported by diaspora from developed countries who have a habit of maintaining environmental sustainability. Conclusion from this study, the collaboration between academics and the diaspora who have been successful in her country can be a way to empower women in villages to protecting the environment in daily activities through the use of biomass stoves and maintaining vertical gardens.
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