Women’s Participation In Healthy Latrine Program: Implementation Of Corporate Social Responsibility Tirtainvestama Company At Batangbarus Village

Abstract

. "Healthy latrine" is a triggering activity for the community to increase universal access to proper and safe basic sanitation in a sustainable manner in accordance with the SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) indicators implemented by CSR PT. Tirta Investama Plant Solok in Batang Barus Nagari, Solok Regency in 2020. Activities are carried out with a community empowerment approach and provide a minimum subsidy for the construction of latrines for triggering. Adequate sanitation facilities at home are households that have separate sewage disposal from human contact and ensure that waste does not return to the immediate environment. This activity is motivated by the low ownership of latrines, having latrines but not proper and unsafe, and the existence of community members who defecate openly. According to some people, activities in the latrine are routine activities that have direct contact with women. Like the proverb, women are synonymous with 3-ur which means well (sumur), kitchen (dapur) and mattress (kasur). On the other hand, women do not only complete domestic activities but also public activities. This condition does not reduce women's enthusiasm to participate in the “Healthy Latrine” program. Based on attendance, >75% are women at regular program meetings. So the purpose of this study was to determine the cause of the high participation of women in the healthy latrine program. The research method used is a qualitative approach. Data collection techniques were carried out by in-depth interviews and observations. Informants in this study were divided into two, namely informants and observers. The perpetrators are women who are involved in healthy latrine activities. The observer informants were the head of the “healthy latrine” activity group, the activity facilitator, the guardian of the Batang Barus Nagari, representatives of the Bundo Kanduang Batang Barus Nagari and the sustainable development supervisor of PT. Tirta Investama Plant Solok.The findings of this study are that the “healthy latrine” program is considered important and beneficial by women. This is evidenced by the participation of women in each activity session: at the planning stage, women participate in formulating their ideas and formulating joint work plans. At the implementation stage, women helped build latrines, dug holes for septic tanks. In the evaluation stage, women maintain their latrine assets. Several factors caused the high participation of women in the healthy latrine program, namely; 1) No latrines; domestic work takes up a lot of time. 2) Presence of toddlers, children and the elderly at home. 3) Husband doesn't mind if there's no latrine. 4) Worried about contracting the disease if you defecate. 5) Embarrassed to go to the neighbor's latrine. 6) Women with open defecation have the opportunity to be sexually harassed. 7) There is a minimum subsidy for latrines from CSR PT Tirta Investama.