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EMPOWERING MARGINAL COMMUNITIES IN RAINCITY TO SHAPE HUMAN RESOURCES EXCELLENCE AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Corresponding Author(s) : Agus Harianto
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 2 No. 1 (2014)
Abstract
The existence of transgenders is a reality that can not be denied in society and environment that is not a new story. Transgender is a marginal community, which does not have a place in society. Profession as a commercial sex worker become a label that attached to transgenders. Bogor city, known as the Rain City has one community of Gay, Transgenders, Man Love Man named Warna Lentera Pakuan (WLP). A total of 320 transgenders recorded in this community.
This program is a transgender empowering with activities that can support creativity, motivation to work, and increase their confidence in the public. Various activities are carried such as Outbound, Entrepreneurship Motivation, Real Entrepreneurship, Interests and Talent Sharpening Action, Transgender’s Preneur Showtime by forming Borontok Fried Rice business, continuity programs and advocacy efforts.
In the long term, through the activities of this programs are expected to foster positive souls within the transgender and slowly turn them back into the common social norms. The methods in this program are self motivation and life skills education. This program has developed a transgenders empowerment guide module named “Life Skills Achieve Your Personal Bestâ€.
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- Koeswinarno. , 2004. Life as a Shemale. London: LKiS Rainbow
- Mustikawati, Rr. Beautiful, et al. , 2013. Strategies Shemale Community Economic Empowerment Through Life Skill Education. State University of Yogyakarta
- Sarah, Y, et al. , 2007. Shemale: We Indeed There. London: Indonesian Family Planning Association
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Koeswinarno. , 2004. Life as a Shemale. London: LKiS Rainbow
Mustikawati, Rr. Beautiful, et al. , 2013. Strategies Shemale Community Economic Empowerment Through Life Skill Education. State University of Yogyakarta
Sarah, Y, et al. , 2007. Shemale: We Indeed There. London: Indonesian Family Planning Association