WOMAN EMPOWERMENT IN KUPANG REGENCY

Oelamasi, Cakrawala NTT

Korinus Masneno, the vice-regent of Kupang Regency; Yohanis Mase, Deputy Chairman of Parliament of Kupang Regency and also Dra.Sofia Malelak, Director in Charge of the Program and Sterling Committee posed together after opening ceremony of the workshop

Woman's movement towards liberation, justice and welfare workshop was held in Pusdiklat YOA on February 28, 2016 and participated by 74 participants who are the representation of Mata Air village and Noelbaki village. This workshop attended by Korinus Masneno, the vice-regent of Kupang Regency; Yohanis Mase, Deputy Chairman of Parliament of Kupang Regency and also Dra.Sofia Malelak, director in charge of the program and Sterling Committee.

The backgrounds of this program are woman’s condition now, limited education, health and also economy condition. There are four aspects that monitored by gender watch; include input aspect which consists of policy and budgeting; process aspect that consists of the application of principle; good governance aspect such as efficiency, effectiveness, transparency, accountability; result aspect in which poor woman will receive assistance every year; and the last one is impact aspect that refers to woman empowerment. The aims of this program are to build governments, society, and also woman awareness in terms of policy, budget and implementation process.

Korinus Masneno in his speech on the opening ceremony said that all elements must participate in order to build Kupang Regency, including women. So, he asked all women to keep spirit and be grateful in doing all their activity. In that moment, Yohanis Mase said that this program will be focused for the woman empowerment. (Yupiter Loinati)