PEKKA (Pemberdayaan Perempuan Kepala Keluarga - Women-Headed Families Empowerment) is a civil society organisation spearheaded in late 2000 as part of Komnas Perempuan’s initial plan to document the lives of widows in conflict-ridden areas, and the World Bank’s intention – through the sub-district development program (Program Pengembangan Kecamatan or PPK) – to address the pressing needs of widows of the conflict in conflict area in order to better cope with their economic hardships and traumatic experiences. This initiative was known as the “Widows Project”.
