Pemberdayaan Perempuan Muda Hindu Melalui Bengkel Penulisan Esai Sebagai Upaya Penguatan Literasi dan Ekspresi Intelektual

Abstract

This community service program aims to empower young Hindu women through an essay writing workshop 
as an effort to strengthen literacy and intellectual expression. The background of this activity lies in the low ability of 
young Hindu women to write essays systematically, despite their high interest in writing. The method applied was 
Participatory Action Research (PAR), consisting of several stages: needs identification, activity planning, workshop 
implementation, reflection, evaluation, and follow-up in the form of publication of participants’ works. The program 
was carried out over eight weeks and involved young Hindu women facilitated by KMHDI. The results indicated 
significant improvement in participants’ literacy skills, particularly in essay structure, argumentation, and confidence 
in presenting ideas. Several participants successfully produced their first essays, some of which were published in 
KMHDI’s internal media. The implication of this program is the creation of a space for actualization that encourages 
young Hindu women to become more critical, reflective, and active in contributing to intellectual public discourse.