Political movement and women's collective agency based on Islamic economy

Abstract

This research discusses the political empowerment movement of women in Mulia Sari Village, Banyuasin, South Sumatra through collective action to improve welfare which refers to the principles of Islamic economics through the establishment of Syariah Mulia Sari, all-round savings and loan cooperatives. The methodology in this study is guided by the principles of qualitative-descriptive research using two theoretical approaches, namely the women's movement and collective action as well as the empowerment and agency theory approach. The results of this study concluded that sharia savings and loan cooperatives in Mulia Sari not only function as an implementation of the empowerment movement for rural women, but also the presence of sharia business savings and loans cooperatives is also able to change village economic development that is more woman-friendly and gender-equitable