Politap Promotes Gender Equality Through Women's Skills Training

Ketapang, 15 May 2025 – In order to support women's empowerment policies and the implementation of gender mainstreaming in Ketapang Regency, Politeknik Negeri Ketapang (Ketapang State Polytechnic) facilitated a training activity entitled “Enhancing Women's Empowerment through Business Programs to Increase Family Income by Developing Sweet Potato Processing and Product Packaging”. This activity was part of the 2025 Policy Advocacy and Mentoring for Increasing Women's Participation in Politics, Law, Social, and Economic Spheres initiated by the Ketapang Regency Social, Women's Empowerment, Child Protection, and Family Planning Office (DSP3AKB).

This training aimed to:

1. Establish gender mainstreaming as a strategy to achieve gender equality and justice.

2. Increase the active participation of women in the economic sector, thereby contributing to the increase in family income.

3. Support the implementation of Ketapang Regent Regulation Number 54 of 2020 concerning Guidelines for the Implementation of Gender Mainstreaming in Development.

A total of 30 participants, who are underprivileged female heads of households from various regions in Ketapang Regency, took part in this activity.

The event was opened with a report by Farmi Fitri, S.Psi., M.E., Head of the Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Division, who emphasized the importance of women's access to productive knowledge and skills.

The event was also attended and officially opened by the Head of the Ketapang Social Office, Apt. Albertin Tri Kurniasih, S.Si., M.E., who stated that women have great potential in sustaining the family economy. She expressed her gratitude to Politap for making a tangible contribution to women's empowerment efforts through practical training relevant to field needs.

POLITAP presented two speakers from the Agroindustry Study Program:

• Ir. Ningrum Dwi Hastuti, S.TP., M.P. with the topic “Purple Sweet Potato Chip Processing”, which aimed to teach innovative processing of marketable local ingredients.

• Nurimansyah, S.P., M.T. with the topic “MSME Packaging Design: Making Products More Attractive”, which provided essential insights into improving product competitiveness through attractive and functional packaging.

The training continued with a practical session on making purple sweet potato chips directly guided by POLITAP lecturers. The participants gained hands-on experience ranging from raw material processing to attractive product packaging.

This activity is expected to enhance women's economic capacity and encourage the economic independence of underprivileged households in Ketapang Regency. (finn)