Partisipasi Masyarakat Sebagai Modal Utama Dalam PerubahanPerilaku di Lingkungan RW Layak Anak

Abstract

This community service activity was carried out in the context of research for the writing of a dissertation on the implementation of the Child-Friendly City (CFC) policy in Depok, West Java. Research uses a qualitative approach and based on its benefits is social policy research. The knowledge gained as a result of  a social research can be used for particularly beneficial for disadvantaged populations, which in this study are children. The CFC Policy was born as a follow-up to the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and is an attempt by the Government to improve child welfare. The research is a policy study that analyzes the interpretation of CFC policies at the city level and the implementation of CFC policies within the neighborhood community (RW). In implementing the CFC policy in the RW community, the author analyzes the dynamics of the implementation of a Child-Friendly RW, which is then divided into two cases. In the first case, the community has three variables that have been identified, namely: the quality of the community, community assets attached to the community, and the existence of a change agent. These three variables make motivations come from within the community which give rise to initiatives that lead to high community participation and manifest in various activities of fulfilling children's rights, which then has an impact on behavior change in the community. These three variables were not found in the second case, where the people in the community was passive so that there was no change in behavior  in  children  or  the  community  in  general.  As  a  recommendation,  the  authors encourage the community to increase its awareness towards current issues happens in the neighborhood, and the public policies that have great benefits for the community. In addition, the  community  must  also  proactively  broaden  their  horizons  by  accessing  the  latest information from media