Peer-reviewed article
THE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF CHILD LABOUR IN FAMILY BUSINESS AT CIBADUYUT FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY
Sumardani Sumardani, Yuyun Yuningsih ·
Summary
Written by AI, not yet AICS's view · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001This study examines an Indonesian government program that provided financial aid to parents working in footwear manufacturing to help them start small businesses, with the goal of removing their children from hazardous shoemaking work. The research found that economic empowerment of parents remained at low levels, and they struggled to market their products effectively. Parents need training in social entrepreneurship and online business methods to successfully promote their goods and transition away from child labour.
Key points
- Child labour in shoemaking is hazardous, particularly when grinding and gluing soles using chemical-based solvents
- The Indonesian government provided financial aid to parents to start small businesses as an intervention to stop child labour
- Economic empowerment of parents remained at low levels despite the program
- Parents lacked effective product marketing capabilities for their small businesses
- Parents require training in social entrepreneurship and online business methods
Limitations
The document does not provide quantitative data on programme outcomes, comparison groups, or measures of child labour reduction. It is unclear whether the low empowerment level is compared to a baseline or control group, or what specific metrics were used to assess programme effectiveness.
Abstract
Child labour tend to have high hazards and risks especially when they grind and glue a sole tothe upper part of the shoes. Shoes making remains to be a hazardous work for children and adults as long as chemical-based solvents are used. To overcome these problems, the goverment of the Republic of Indonesia launched a program by giving some aids to the parents of the child laborer to run their small business so that their children can stop working at the shoemaking industry.This research aims at analyzing the economic empowerment of parents who employed their children in the online business industry at Cibaduyutfootwear industry and use a qualitative approach with a triangulation of data collected. The research informants were the child laborer, parents who employed their children, footwear craftsmen, and the Head of Industry and Trade Agency. The results of this research showed that economic empowerment in child laborer’sparents was still in low level and they could not market their shoes properly as a product of their smallbusiness. In this context, they need both training and workshop in social entrepreneurship and online business method in order to promote their product.