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Reports & Publications on Gender
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| GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT | Engendering Development
This is a policy research report by the World Bank focusing on gender issues and their broad economic and social implications in developing and transitional countries. The report examines the conceptual and empirical links between gender, public policy, and development outcomes. read more..
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 Full report in: English
Summary in: English | Bahasa If you are interested in receiving complete report in Bahasa Indonesia, please contact Indonesia Development Information Services (IDIS) at Indonesia Security Exchange Building, Tower 2, 13th Floor, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 52-53, Jakarta 12190; Telp. (021) 5299 3000, Fax (021) 5299 3111. |
| GENDER AND DECENTRALIZATION | Mobilizing Awareness towards Change: The Needs of Gender Perspective in Regional Autonomy.
This publication is a collaboration between Yayasan Jurnal Perempuanand the World Bank. It presents results of field research conducted in a number of districts across Indonesia that indicates emerging gender problems in relations to certain public policies. Do local governments’ policies post-decentralization created sufficient space equally for both women and men in materializing development objectives?
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Prologue & Epilogue in: English
If you are interested in receiving complete report in Bahasa Indonesia, please contact Indonesia Development Information Services (IDIS) at Indonesia Security Exchange Building, Tower 2, 13th Floor, Jl. Jend. Sudirman Kav 52-53, Jakarta 12190; Telp. (021) 5299 3000, Fax (021) 5299 3111. Augmenting Local Initiatives to Fight Violence Against Women in the Regional Autonomy Era
This booklet is prepared by National Commission on Violence Against Womenwith funding support from the World Bank. It describes various efforts made and opportunities taken in Indonesia in order to abolish violence against women in the regional autonomy era.
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[Comparative Study]
Protection of Women Migrant Workers: Policies of Selected Sending and Receiving Countries
This paper discusses and compares various policies that are applied by migrant sending countries. It aims to look at how such policies can protect migrant workers against abuse and exploitation, as well as the position of migrant workers in the respective policies regime.
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Summary in: Bahasa
Social Protection for Women Migrant Workers: A Comparative Study among Sending Countries.
This paper compares various social protection measures established by a number of migrant sending countries i.e. the Philippines, Sri Lanka, India, Thailand and Pakistan as well as Indonesia. The paper shows a number of social protection measures that are optimum solutions for the protection of migrant workers. These solutions might also be applicable to Indonesia.
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Summary in: Bahasa
[Vulnerability Study]
Female Migrant Worker's Vulnerability: In Search for Solutions.
This study tries to map out the points of vulnerability for women migrant workers within the migration cycle, and analyzes the various causes of these vulnerabilities. Understanding the root cause of vulnerability is an important step in considering and deciding appropriate steps to take to strengthen protection measures for female migrant workers.
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[Protecting FMW: Consolidated Report]
Kompleksitas Mekanisme Penempatan BMP ke Luar Negeri: Beberapa Permasalahan dan Alternatif Solusinya
The book comprises the main substantive findings of the studies carried out under an Institutional Development Fund regarding issues facing Indonesian Female Migrant Workers (FMW) within the migration cycle from the perspective of the FMW. The main topics covered are 1) review and analysis on the policies of placement mechanism and its implementation; 2) transparency of protection fund; 3) development of training modules and information materials; 4) development of protection and services at the Indonesian representative offices; and 5) development of migrant workers' data base.
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[Migration and Remittance Study]
Fact Sheet: Migration, Remittance and Female Migrant Workers.
This sheet briefly presents facts about Indonesian women migrating overseas and focuses on remittance-related issues. It includes among others information on how much money they are earning, how do they save their money abroad, how do they remit it home and how is it utilize. It also shows the role of workers’ remittance within the Indonesian economy context.
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The Malaysia – Indonesia Remittance Corridor: Making Formal Transfers the Best Option for Women and Undocumented Migrants
The Malaysia-Indonesia corridor is characterized by the large number undocumented migrants, and high percentage of women among the documented migrants. The number of migrants in this corridor is increasing while the remittances transfered through formal financial sector is decreasing. The study looks at the factors that influence the choices that Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia make when remitting money to their families in Indonesia and at how regulations designed to improve the integrity of these flows may be influencing these choices. The formal financial sector has the potential to improve the sustainability of benefits from remittances for the migrant workers and their families if it could find ways to be more responsive to the needs of migrant workers while maintaining high standards of financial integrity.
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Expanded Summary in: English | Bahasa
Full report in: English
[Collection of Experience from Female Migrant Workers]
Jejak Penyintas
The book presents ten stories of Female Migrant Workers and their families. as well as the dynamics resulted from the migration. Pregnancy, separation with their children, and marriage problems are playing significant role on the existence of these foreign exchange earners. Will they become failures, or will they win their dignity?
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Rumah Dambaan Buruh Migran Perempuan
Building a house is one of the priorities of Female Migrant Workers and their families in spending remittance. In addition to amount of remittance, building a house is also influenced by the values adopted by the workers in their service. The book discusses in detail the philosophy, values, and concept of building a house, as well as its work divisions; all of which are influenced, directly or indirectly, by the migration of the female workers.
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[Others]
Proceeding of Seminar-Workshop on Social Protection for Female Migrant Workers.
This proceeding summarizes the main points of discussions within a 2 days seminar-workshop that was organized to formulate a framework for social protection system and mechanism to increase the welfare of FMW working in the informal sectors.
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Recommendation in: English
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| OPENING ACCESSIBILITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE | Engendering Rural Information Systems in Indonesia.
Information communication technology (ICT) infrastructure in rural areas is limited and existing services are expensive and practically outside of rural women's reach. Women still face enormous barriers, and access to communications and information relevant to their realities is very limited. This report provides a gender perspective on the status of ICT in rural areas of Indonesia.
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Summary in: Bahasa
Good for Business: Women Better Customers of Urban Water Supply Services.
This information sheet which is commissioned by the Water and Sanitation Program for East Asia Pacific (WSP-EAP) team, briefly presents results of an experiment that shows how women’s participation in the decision making process can improve the success of a project. The experiment was conducted in Palu, Central Sulawesi, through a project of clean water supply for urban communities focusing on women-oriented marketing.
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| GENDER IN COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT | Enhancing Women’s Participation: Learning from Field Experience.
This booklet contains a collection of field experiences of village and sub-district facilitators in their efforts to find ways in dealing with the low level of women’s active participation within the different stages of Kecamatan Development Programs (KDP).It is expected that these experiences can be referred to as practical guide for field facilitators, as well as encourage their creativity and sensitivity in enhancing women’s participation in various community participation and empowerment-based development programs.
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Booklet in: English | Bahasa Review of Gender in Community Driven Development Projects: Implications for PNPM Mandiri.
The CDD gender review was conducted as part of an effort in designing the new national poverty alleviation program PNPM (Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Masyarakat - National Community Empowerment Program). The review was undertaken to look at how gender and women’s issues had been addressed in a number of CDD projects to understand about what worked, and why in order to help influence the PNPM design. The focus of the mission was to look forward. The mission identified the elements that make for successful gender integration amongst the various CDD programs and how those design features could be scaled up for incorporation into national programming.
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Summary in: English | Bahasa
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| ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT | Voices of Women in the Private Sector
Around 60% of micro, small and medium enterprises in Indoensia are managed by women. However, women are still facing various obstacles and have unique needs that are not yet fully accommodated in the entrepreneurship policies. This report, commissioned by IFC-PENSA, briefly analyzes these obstacles and needs, and supported by personal statements of Indonesian businesswomen.
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Access to Credit for Businesswomen in Indonesia
Indonesian law in principle does not discriminate women in getting access to credit. However, in reality there are still many businesswomen who are facing obstacles in running their businesses. This report is a result of a study that IFC-PENSAcarried out in Surabaya. It presents general information concerning the process of providing credit to Indonesian businesswomen, including the bank’s perspectives in relations to the regulations and conditions required to access the credit, as well as problematic issues that businesswomen encountered in accessing the credit, and recommendations for banks and policy makers.
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| POVERTY REDUCTION | Making the New Indonesia Work for the Poor.
This report seeks to analyze the various dimensions of poverty in today’s Indonesia in a fresh light, based on the important changes that have occurred in the country over the past decade. Some sections of this report highlight women’s roles in poverty reduction in Indonesia. On one hand, women provide significant economic contribution to the families, communities and the state. On the other hand, women’s lagging positions often limit their opportunities and capabilities to improve their welfare. See, among others, “Gender Focus” on page 128 (the role of women migrant workers), and page 174 (women’s participation and empowerment).
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