Lhokseumawe and Aceh Utara areas have been the largest natural gas producing areas in Aceh for 30 years since 1971. Lhokseumawe has also earned the nickname as a city of petro dollars even to this day despite the splendor of the city has dimmed in line with the end of gas exports in October 2014. Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) data shows that until March 2016 the number of poor people in Lhokseumawe City was 11.98%. While Aceh province itself in March 2017 became the poorest province in Sumatra. Given the limitations of natural resources, it is fitting for economic development that does not depend on general allocation funds (DAU) and Special Allocation Fund (DAK) sourced from the central government. Local governments should be able to develop the leading sectors in Lhokseumawe such as services, trade, tourism and marine sectors. Which plays an important role in this city is the trade and marine sector. One of the informal Sectors that will be of concern in this research is the service and trade sector involving women as traders in traditional markets. Women became important in this study because of its contribution in this region so visible.

The article discusses the role of women and it is characteristic in forming organizations and maintaining social communication establishment in order to actualize and articulate their existance within socciety. So far, we knew that gender’s role during the new order regime, what we called Suharto’s military regime, in which totally marginalized and isolated from development, politics,culture and other social activities. Therefore, the local communities in Aceh, has grown and developed organizations as a mechanism for fulfilling the needs and solving problems for the people at the local level, especially women.paper ini membahas tentang peran perempuan dan karakteristik dalam membentuk organisasi dan mempertahankan pendirian komunikasi sosial dalam rangka aktualisasi keberadaan mereka di masyarakat, karena selama rezim orde baru, atau disebut dengan rezim militer Suharto, perempuan terpinggirkan dan terisolasi dari pembangunan, politik, budaya dan kegiatan sosial lainnya. Oleh karena itu, pada masyarakat lokal di Aceh, telah tumbuh dan berkembang organisasiorganisasi sebagai mekanisme pemenuhan kebutuhan dan pemecahan permasalahan bagi masyarakat pada tingkat lokal, khususnya perempuan.