A Call to Dignity : How Indonesia's Women-Headed Household Empowerment Program (PEKKA) is Transforming Lives and Changing Development Paradigms

Launched in 2001 in response to the plight of a faction of poor women - the widows of the conflict in Aceh Province - the Women-Headed Household Empowerment Program (PEKKA) has mushroomed into a community-driven phenomenon across eight provinces th...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Publication
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO EDUCATION ACCESS TO FINANCE ACCESS TO HEALTH ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO RESOURCES ADULT EDUCATION ADVOCACY ARMED CONFLICT BANK CREDIT BANK LOAN BANKS BASIC SKILLS BIASES BLOCK GRANTS BORROWING BREADWINNER BREADWINNERS BULLETIN BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS TRAINING CAPACITY BUILDING CENTER FOR WOMEN CHRONIC DISEASE CITIZENS CIVIL RIGHTS CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY EDUCATION COMPENSATION COMPLICATIONS COMPULSORY EDUCATION CONFLICT RESOLUTION COOPERATIVES COUNTERPART FUNDS COURT COURTS DECADES OF WAR DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DISABLED DISSEMINATION DIVORCE DIVORCED WOMEN DIVORCES DOMESTIC ABUSE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DROPOUT EARNINGS EARTHQUAKE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATION POLICIES EDUCATION PROGRAMS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM EMPOWERING WOMEN EMPOWERMENT EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN ENROLLMENT ENTREPRENEURIAL EFFORTS ENTREPRENEURS EXAMS EXCHANGE RATE EXCLUSION EXPENDITURE EXPENDITURES EXTENDED FAMILY FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE FEMALE HEADS FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD FEMALE HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS FEMALE VICTIMS FEMALES FINANCES FINANCIAL AID FINANCIAL RESOURCES FUNCTIONAL LITERACY GENDER GENDER DISCRIMINATION GENDER EQUALITY GENDER ISSUES GOVERNMENT AID HARASSMENT HEADS OF FAMILY HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HEADSCARVES HEALTH CARE HEALTH EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION HOME HOME AFFAIRS HOME VISITS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HUMAN BEINGS HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND HUSBANDS ILLITERACY INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INFANT INFORMAL SECTORS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL BANK JUDGE JUDGES JUSTICE LABOR FORCE LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP PROGRAM LEARNING LEARNING CENTERS LEGAL AID LEGAL PROTECTION LEGAL REFORMS LEGAL RIGHTS LEGAL STATUS LIBERTY LIMITED RESOURCES LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MARITAL STATUS MARRIAGE LAW MARRIAGES MEDICAL STAFF MFI MICRO FINANCE MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS MICROCREDIT MICROFINANCE MICROFINANCE INSTITUTION MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS MIDWIVES MIGRANT MOTHER NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL EDUCATION NATIONAL LEVEL NATURAL DISASTER NATURAL DISASTERS NEW BUSINESSES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS NURSES NUTRITION OLDER WOMEN OUTREACH PEACE PERSONAL SAFETY POLITICAL RIGHTS POLITICAL TURMOIL POLYGAMY POOR WOMEN PREJUDICE PRIMARY SCHOOL PRINT MEDIA PROGRESS PROSTITUTION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS PUBLIC POLICY RADIO RADIO STATIONS READING REGIONAL NETWORKS RELIGIOUS LEADERS RELIGIOUS SERVICES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESIDENCE RESPECT REVOLVING FUNDS RURAL COMMUNITIES SAVINGS SCARCE RESOURCES SCHOLARSHIP SCHOLARSHIPS SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SELF-CONFIDENCE SELF-ESTEEM SEX SHELTER SINGLE WOMEN SMALL BUSINESS SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BARRIERS SOCIAL CHANGE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EMPOWERMENT SOCIAL FUND SOCIAL PRESSURE SOCIAL PROBLEMS SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL STRUCTURE SOCIAL UNREST SOCIAL WELFARE SPECIES START-UP TEACHERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPORTATION TREATY UNION UNIONS UNMARRIED WOMEN VICTIMS VILLAGE VILLAGE CHIEFS VILLAGES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN VOCATIONAL TRAINING VULNERABLE GROUPS WAR WATER SUPPLY WIDOWS WIFE WILL WIVES WOMAN WOMEN HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS YOUNG MEN YOUNG PEOPLE
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/01/20326457/call-dignity-indonesias-women-headed-household-empowerment-program-pekka-transforming-lives-changing-development-paradigms http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20818

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/20818

A Call to Dignity : How Indonesia's Women-Headed Household Empowerment Program (PEKKA) is Transforming Lives and Changing Development Paradigms

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