Revitalizing Women as Heads of Families in Aceh (Conflict and Post-Conflict Period)

The protracted conflict in Aceh made women feel more suffering, both physically and mentally. Women are the backbone of the family because their husbands are kidnapped, killed, wandering in search of a safe place. Women who are abandoned by their husbands are often faced with negative stigma. The term women as the head of the family is an effort to change the view of widowed women to be positioned in the position of roles and responsiibilities as the head of the family. Women can be independent with support from various parties towards independent and prosperous, just and dignified families. Post-conflict women as heads of families have a role in women's economic empowermwnt such as women's saving and loans, joining cooperatives of non-governmental organization and contributing to village devolopment and development