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Gender Analysis In Labour Market Participation And Social Insurance For Employment In Indonesia: Recognising Care Work

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This working paper discusses the need for a social insurance for employment system that takes gender equality into account. We argue that a social insurance system that considers risk differences and intergender needs plays an important role in protecting women and men from poverty and economic vulnerability. Recognising unpaid care work is an initial step to create a gender-responsive social insurance for employment.

The results of SAKERNAS and SUSENAS data analysis indicate that, in various employment aspects, the burden of care work still normatively imposed on women is associated with an imbalance in various employment indicators. Women tend to be paid less and exposed to work that is inappropriate for their well-being. Such risks are greater when women are at a stage in life such as marriage and having a child under five years old that makes them vulnerable to the loss of job and income. Elderly women, or those with disability or a disabled and elderly household member, suffer double vulnerability due to care work burdens.

The results of analysis also indicate that the participation level of women in the labour force is always lower compared to that of men. This low participation rate of women is reflected in participation in the social insurance for employment program that is still dominated by paid and male workers. Most female workers are also in the informal sector with minimum protection. Efforts to overcome the vulnerability and obstacles faced by women in accessing the labour market and social insurance for employment are, therefore, needed. These include: (i) recognition of unpaid care work as a form of productive work; (ii) integration of the care work concept into the social protection scheme (provision of child care services and expansion of the scope of maternity leave provision); (iii) development of a culture supporting the involvement of men in care work; and (iv) promotion of the formalisation and decent work for care work. As a learning material, this paper also includes good practice examples in three countries deemed as having a gender-responsive social security scheme.

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Judul Seri

Working Paper

No. Panggil

331.4 MIL. G

Penerbit

Jakarta : TNP2K., 2023

Deskripsi Fisik

PDF, 52 Halaman

Bahasa

English

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Klasifikasi

331.4

Tipe Isi

Digital

Tipe Media

Digital Media

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Edisi

TNP2K Working Paper NO. 62-2023

Subjek

Ketenagakerjaan
Asuransi Kesehatan

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Pernyataan Tanggungjawab

Milawati Resmi Setia

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