TY - JOUR
T1 - Women’s Roles in the Indonesian Economy during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding the Challenges and Opportunities,
AU - Miranti, Riyana
AU - Sulistyaningrum, Eny
AU - Mulyaningsih, Tri
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank several colleagues for their valuable comments and feedback on earlier drafts, including Titik Anas, Anne Booth, Howard Dick, Sarah Dong, Natasha Hamilton-Hart, Hal Hill, Blane Lewis, Peter McCawley, Dionisius Narjoko, Susan Olivia, Arianto Patunru, Budy Resosudarmo, Asep Suryahadi, Firman Witoelar and other distinguished Indonesia Project colleagues. Special thanks are due to Chris Manning, who has provided guidance and advice in preparing this Survey. The authors also thank the participants of the Indonesia Study Group seminar on 18 May 2022 for their useful feedback, and Zuhairan Yunmi Yunan and Putri Aulia Silkana for their research assistance.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 ANU Indonesia Project.
PY - 2022/8
Y1 - 2022/8
N2 - This Survey discusses the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the livelihood of Indonesian women. The pandemic has disproportionately affected women around the world, including in Indonesia, owing to gender inequalities at work and at home. Women bear most of the burden of unpaid domestic work and care for families. The pandemic has also forced adjustments in labour utilisation, and the movement of workers from formal to informal sectors. However, it has created new opportunities, including for micro, small and medium enterprises that harness digitalisation, although the sustainability of these opportunities for women is still too early to assess, owing to the persistent gender divide in Indonesia’s digital economy. The possible long-term mental health effects of the pandemic are also something to watch.
AB - This Survey discusses the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the livelihood of Indonesian women. The pandemic has disproportionately affected women around the world, including in Indonesia, owing to gender inequalities at work and at home. Women bear most of the burden of unpaid domestic work and care for families. The pandemic has also forced adjustments in labour utilisation, and the movement of workers from formal to informal sectors. However, it has created new opportunities, including for micro, small and medium enterprises that harness digitalisation, although the sustainability of these opportunities for women is still too early to assess, owing to the persistent gender divide in Indonesia’s digital economy. The possible long-term mental health effects of the pandemic are also something to watch.
KW - COVID-19 pandemic
KW - inequality
KW - gender divide
KW - wage gap
KW - women
KW - female employment
KW - Covid-19
UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/QR5P56CS77UY4QTMIZRT/full?target=10.1080/00074918.2022.2105681
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85136466527&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/00074918.2022.2105681
DO - 10.1080/00074918.2022.2105681
M3 - Other Journal Article
SN - 0007-4918
VL - 58
SP - 109
EP - 139
JO - Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
JF - Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
IS - 2
ER -
