LOCAL RESOURCES AND WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION FOR SUSTAINABLE COASTAL DEVELOPMENT

The SDGs for villages serve as the primary foundation for efforts to improve the welfare of coastal village communities, including gender equality, which places women as important actors in development. In Indonesia, North Sulawesi has 760 coastal villages. Hence, development efforts in coastal villages require concrete policies from the government, as well as strategies to enable coastal village communities to utilize their local resources. The The aim of this study is to examine the impact of local resources and the role of women on family economics and coastal village economic development, both directly and indirectly, within the framework of sustainable development. This study used quantitative methods and was analyzed using SEM-PLS 4.0 with 408 samples. The results provide empirical evidence for seven tested hypotheses. Local resources significantly influence family economics (t=5.542, p=0.000) but show no direct effect on village economic development (t=1.711, p=0.087). Women’s roles significantly affect both family economics (t=5.553, p=0.000) and village development (t=12.571, p=0.000). Family economics strongly impact village development (t=12.571, p=0.000). Furthermore, indirect effects confirm that local resources (t=5.267, p=0.000) and women’s roles (t=5.267, p=0.000) contribute to village development through family economics. These findings highlight that the productive utilization of local resources can increase family income and indirectly promote economic development, while women play a critical role in strengthening the family economy and improving living standards. Synergy between the government and the community in building from the bottom up, especially in coastal villages rich in potential, is the key to achieving inclusive and sustainable economic development.