Womenpreneurship: Actualization of Economic Empowerment Boarding School's Women of "Nawaning Madura"

Abstract

Entrepreneurship is not only owned by men, but women are also starting now moved to create a business that can be the basis of his life. Indonesian women entrepreneurs are synonymous with micro, small and business enterprises medium (MSME). Of the 58 million MSMEs, 60% of them are contributed by women. MSMEs employ around 116 million people or 97% of the total workforce. Womenpreneur is a term for women who run a business or are women entrepreneurs which are defined as women or a group of women who start, organize, and operate business enterprises. The business company in question is not not only a formal business company but also an informal business company. There are three categories of female entrepreneurs, namely "Change", "Forced", and "Created" businessman. These different classifications are based on how their business was started or about what their main reason or motivation was for starting their business. The purpose of this research is to find out the empowerment strategy model the economics of women at the Nawaning Madura Islamic boarding school in an effort to increase independence economy. In this study, researchers used a qualitative approach with types descriptive research which aims to provide a clear picture of what will be researched, and also the researcher intends to understand the social situation thoroughly deep. Qualitative research is aimed at understanding social phenomena participant's point of view or perspective. Nawaning is said to be the plural form (jama') of Ning said. This is an honorary call for the descendants of Indonesian women from poro Kiai and Nyai, especially Islamic boarding school owners in East Java. Maybe now spread to other areas so that this term is no longer exclusive to East Java. When women are still underestimated in the world of entrepreneurship, It is hoped that the Islamic boarding school-based entrepreneurial model will be a solution. Because Islamic boarding schools are now very entrenched in Indonesian society, and There are very many of them in almost every region of the archipelago. So you have enormous potential to provide solutions to current gender biases, esp in the development of women entrepreneurs. Women play an active role in meeting the needs of the family the family is more independent and of course the level of welfare also increases. Although This matter is still often debated between classical scholars and contemporary scholars, but in a world that has entered the era of industrial revolution 4.0, everyone gets convenience, namely access to the world of work online and can be utilized by a wife so that she can carry out various roles for her household, minimizing family neglect, and maximizing the level of family harmony because of the economic independence carried out by the wife with the blessing of the husband. The limitation of this research is that the subject of the research is the economic empowerment of female Islamic boarding school women who are often called Ning or nawaning in Madura.