Poverty is a condition in which an individual cannot meet his/her life need so that he/she is in a powerless condition. Moreover, poverty befalling women, in fact, affectsimpacts more severely. This condition is called poverty feminization. High povertyfeminization becomes an intermediate problem to cope with immediately. The approach usedin coping with poverty feminization is empowerment. This research discussed the attempt ofcoping with poverty feminization through Integrated Gender-Based CommunityEmpowerment Program (Program Terpadu Pemberdayaan Masyarakat Berbasis Gender =P2MBG) in Surakarta focusing on empowerment process and empowerment level withLongwe's Women's Empowerment analysis.Surakarta city was selected purposively considering its high Human DevelopmentIndex not accompanied with Gender Development Index, so that it could be concluded thatthe development in Surakarta City was still unbalanced. Techniques of collecting data usedwere observation, interview, and documentation, while data validation was carried out usingsource triangulation. The result of research showed that women empowerment affected significantly thepoverty feminization handling. Women empowerment process consisted of four stages:consciousness raising, capacity building, empowering, and protecting. The next discussionwas on empowerment consisting of five levels. The first level was still running so that thewelfare level had not been achieved. The next levels: access, awareness, participation, andcontrol, had been achieved. In addition, there was a finding that Self Help Group (SHG) wasthe spirit (soul) of a long women empowerment process in the attempt of coping withpoverty feminization.