On one hand, this pressure can be restrictive for young Indonesians as much time is consumed with family duties. However, their loyalty is rewarded with a sense of security and reciprocal assistance when needed.
The nuclear family is the newly predominant household structure as it has become more common for couples to only have two children. Elder grandparents or unmarried siblings may join the domestic unit as personal circumstances change. The links an Indonesian person maintains with their extended family overseas are much closer than those maintained by most people in Western societies.
Age determines status in the household hierarchy with children expected to be obedient and doting to their parents. The father or oldest male is usually the patriarch while women take care of domestic duties. Women have the ability to forge their own careers, and have more rights than women in some other Islamic countries in regard to property, inheritance and divorce.
There are a few indigenous populations around 8 'groups' still practising a matriarchal system within their culture.
This means that greater authority has been distributed to the 34 provincial governments outside of the capital of Jakarta. But the defining approach to furthering gender equality in Indonesia has been through gender mainstreaming and gender-responsive budgeting which can be seen throughout provincial administrations in the country. This means there is the intention to ensure infrastructure, health and education outcomes include results that address specific gender equality gaps.
The challenge for effective gender mainstreaming, however, is the political will to translate the approach into well-resourced programmes from one province to another. Before that, Suharto, ruled the country for almost 32 years and increased the inequality gap between men and women. But, rather, there are some incredible female political figures who are there because they are strong, smart and capable.
How has having more women in political office affected the domestic policy and legislative agenda for women? This is an interesting question. President Joko Widodo made gender equality a cornerstone of his agenda during his presidency and is currently a global ambassador for the HeForShe campaign making it his mission to fill his cabinet with strong, smart and capable women.
He has also spoken about amending the child marriage laws. At the time, there were no regulations that required women to wear the hijab. For example, the Marriage Law contained many discriminatory provisions, including the legalization of polygamy. A year later he allowed Indonesia to sign and ratify the Convention to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the first human rights convention the country signed.
Ironically, the rise of discriminatory laws occurred despite the fact that Indonesia elected its first female president in and enacted a domestic violence law three years later.
The gender equality bill , aimed at ending discrimination, remains stalled in parliament because of opposition from Islamist politicians. He appointed a handful of conservative politicians and Islamic clerics as advisers and Cabinet members. President Joko Widodo, who replaced Yudhoyono in national elections on July 9, was sworn into office on Oct.
Get updates on human rights issues from around the globe. Join our movement today. They prefer flexible working hours. Some women stop working altogether after having children to spend more quality time with them. Policymakers should put more focus on gender equality in the workforce and guide companies on how to deal with it by sharing knowledge about gender equality to both men and women. They need to remember that men and women see the success of gender equality differently.
Most men viewed that gender equality has mostly been achieved, while most women think that it is far from being realised. Policymakers should share more knowledge with companies on how to deal with gender equality, and make sure that the policy does not backfire as it may encourage companies not to hire women in the first place instead.
For example, Australia has been reforming policies to increase gender equality by forcing companies to give more flexibility for working women, but this causes companies to avoid hiring women so that they do not have to deal with the costs caused by the policy. The Indonesian government can adopt a cultural approach taken by Iceland, the country with the highest level of gender equality.
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