Upaya Pemberdayaan Ekonomi Perempuan Dalam Meningkatkan Perekonomian Keluarga Pada PT PNM Meekar di Kota Padangsidimpuan Perspektif Ekonomi Syariah

Abstract

This research is motivated by efforts to empower the family economy which is the main key to household welfare. A woman who also works is of course caused by various factors such as not having enough household needs if only her husband works. Women's empowerment from an economic perspective is increasingly needed to improve women's quality of life. PT PNM Meekar is a financial institution that provides financing to entrepreneurs from the lower middle economic class, especially women. The research aims to find out and analyze women's efforts to improve the family economy through financing at PT PNM Meekar, to find out and analyze the sharia economic perspective on efforts to empower women in improving the family economy through financing at PT PNM Meekar. This research is qualitative in nature. The data sources for this research are primary data obtained from PT PNM Meekar and interviews with members of the Meekar group as well as secondary data from library research. Furthermore, the data collection method was carried out using observation, interviews and documentation for further analysis by reducing data, presenting data and drawing conclusions. The research results show that PT PNM Meekar plays a role in empowering the economy of women, namely as strengthening the empowerment of women in their businesses or Empowering. The women who were given assistance were able to increase their income so that they could meet their daily needs and become more prosperous, they became smarter at managing finances and began to be actively involved in household decision making.