The phenomenon is thought about related to the patriarchal culture that is still extensively practiced in society, which associates women’s function with domestic work.
Jakarta – The labor force involvement rate (TPAK) of female employees has actually remained below that of male employees due to the impact of the patriarchal culture, Workforce Minister Ida Fauziyah has actually stated.
During a virtual conversation, held by PLN Peduli, on gender shaming in the workplace on Wednesday, she stated that out of the total labor force of around 140 million individuals in Indonesia, women only make up about 40 percent.
34 percent, while the TPAK of male employees was 82.
13 percent, she said.
Additionally, the minister kept in mind that the involvement of Indonesian females in work is still lower than in some nearby nations, such as Vietnam and Thailand.
” The phenomenon is thought about associated to the patriarchal culture that is still widely practiced in society, which associates ladies’s function with domestic work,” she mentioned.
The inequality is likewise reflected in the level of education, she stated.
Since February 2021, 55.80 percent of female workers had actually graduated from junior high school or lower, while the number of male employees who had finished from the very same education level reached just 53.92 percent.
Meanwhile, the percentage of female workers who had senior high school education level was 27.86 percent, while male workers who had the exact same education level was 35.27 percent, she informed.
” One of the evidences of discrimination against women in the office is the difference in incomes. It is found that the average wage for female laborers from all levels of education and age is still far listed below the wage of male workers,” Fauziyah stated.
However, she kept in mind that there was still a motivating discovering about females’s work. As of August 2021, the open unemployment rate amongst females was 6.11 percent, while for males, it was 6.74 percent, she said.