Social Economic Empowerment for Ex-prostitutes and the Impacted Residents after Dolly and Jarak Closures

摘要

Dolly and Jarak are two bigger prostitutions in Surabaya, Indonesia before its closures in 2014. The closure still raises discussive issues in accordance with the closure itself and the forceful effort to return the prostitutes back home. This Participatory Action Research (PAR) used diverse subjects including the ex-prostitutes, the impacted residents, and the local government. Data were collected through interview, observation, and focus group discussion. Result showed that there exists the lacks of diversified culinary business and the low prices of products due to unstandardized management done by the local residents, the abnormal economic cycle, and the unintegrated religious training. Another interesting result showed that it was developed an empowerment model by giving various trainings and assistances covering soft skill, management and marketing, networking, entrepreneurship, and mental and spiritual to accelerate the social economic condition of the ex-prostitution area.