INDONESIA-AUSTRALIA DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION IN REDUCING POVERTY BY EMPOWERING WOMEN IN INDONESIA: A CASE STUDY OF EMPOWERING INDONESIAN WOMEN FOR POVERTY REDUCTION OR MAJU PEREMPUAN INDONESIA UNTUK PENANGGULANGAN KEMISKINAN (MAMPU) PROGRAM (2012-2015)

Abstract

Geographically located quite close to each other, Indonesia and Australia are neighboring countries with strong ties in bilateral partnership on multiple areas. There is various cooperation in the sector of education, economy, security, including in development cooperation. In order to keep the extent relationship, both countries realize that it is important to support each other's development, as it contributes to each other's growth. Until now, Australia has been a supporting neighbor for Indonesia in its development by providing foreign aid in many sectors, includes support poverty reduction in Indonesia. There are many programs that are designed to support poverty reduction in Indonesia. In 2012, Indonesia and Australia established a gender-based poverty reduction program namely Empowering Indonesian Women for Poverty Reduction or Maju Perempuan Indonesia untuk Penanggulangan Kemiskinan (MAMPU), with goals to improve the livelihoods and access to services of poor women in Indonesia. The research of this thesis aims to explain the strategies of MAMPU as a development cooperation program between Indonesia and Australia in supporting Indonesia's efforts to poverty reduction by empowering Indonesian women. Hopefully, this thesis could provide a clear analysis and information regarding the strategies of MAMPU in supporting the poverty reduction in Indonesia. This thesis is written using qualitative method in analyzing the case chosen and in gathering all the data needed, with the combination from descriptive analytical research method to elaborate the primary sources. The result of this thesis will explain in detail on how MAMPU as a development cooperation program could contribute in supporting poverty reduction in Indonesia.