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Self-Consciousness of Tounsawang Women Ethnic in Individual, Family, and Social-Economic Empowerment in Southeast Minahasa, North Sulawesi Treesje Imran; Mustain Mashud; Nurul Hartini
Journal of The Community Development in Asia Vol 5, No 1 (2022): Journal of The Community Development in Asia (JCDA)
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This study aims to examine and analyze the Self-Consciousness of women from the Tounsawang Southeast Minahasa ethnic group in empowering themselves. The research problem is how Self Consciousness of Women in self-empowerment, Family empowerment, and Socio-Economic work. By using qualitative methods, the research was conducted in the sample areas named Betelen Village, Tombatu Satu and Tombatu Dua. The results of the study are 1. Women have very high awareness in empowering themselves because women interpret the principles of Si Tou Timou Tumou Tou as humans live to bring others to life. 2. Women empower their families by working hard and replacing their husbands in Mapalus work and also representing the family in various community activities. 3. Women are empowered in social and economic life to increase family income and welfare.
Reciprocal Management in MAPALUS As A Model of Community Economic Empowerment in Southeast Minahasa, North Sulawesi Treesje Imran
Journal of International Conference Proceedings (JICP) Vol 1, No 2 (2018): Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Project Management (ICPM) Gor
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Mapalus is a Minahasan local wisdom-based system of cooperative work through reciprocal management system in which each member of the community has equal an opportunity or turn. This empowerment model has been implemented generation after generation. The Minahasan philosophy of Sitou Tumou Tumou Tou (meaning “Humans live to let other humans live”) is the ethical foundation of mapalus. There are many types of mapalus, such as agricultural mapalus, housebuilding mapalus, and community events mapalus. A qualitative research was done by focusing on a number of villages in Tombatu District in which the mapalus tradition still takes hold, namely the villages of Silian, Lobu, and Botelen. Several key informants were interviewed and repeated observations were made. The research results showed that: a) the reciprocal management system (taking turns or alternations) grows in the community independently and does not depend on any top-down program; b) the ethical value in reciprocal mapalus, namely Sitou Tumou Tou, is still maintained in the working ethos, organizational culture, and community participation; c) the compliance of members towards the mapalus ethical code was very high, where members were willing to be punished by whipping if they broke the code; d) mapalus has improved the economic condition of members and village residents through agriculture, house ownership, etc., and e) the reciprocal system in mapalus accelerates the spread of economic growth because of the system that was developed, namely the Community Economic Development. The conclusion is that the reciprocity in the mapalus is an economic empowerment model based on local wisdom that grew from the community in accordance with the philosophy of Sitou Tumou Timou Tou. Keywords: Reciprocal mapalus, empowerment