Mapping Survey: Bali and Surabaya
- Marital Status and Age as Correlated with Homework
- Women HBw in Relation to their Families
- Informality of Homebased Work
- Varying Degrees of Vulnerability
- Homebased Work not just a Side Job
- Homebased Work: The Best Choice
- Marketing Skill Lacking
- Unhealthy Work Place
- The Need to Organize
- Recommendations
- Follow-up Action
MAPPING HOMEWORKERS IN BALI AND SURABAYA
(This is based on an executive summary written by Medelina Hendytio
of CSIS)
The informal sector in Indonesia accounts for 65 percent of total employment. Research has shown that 20 percent of workers in the informal sector are homebased workers (HBWs), and two-thirds of them are women. They remain invisible because they are left unrecorded in labor force statistics, their contribution to household income neglected, and their location unidentified. Past research efforts provided partial or incomplete information which do not reveal varying degrees of HBWs’ vulnerability.
This study, which focused on women HBWs involved in specific types of jobs in certain areas of Bali and Surabaya, aimed to complement information that had been previously obtained. It sought to surface specific problems faced by women HBWs so that policies could be formulated to improve their social and economic conditions. While presenting new findings, it also confirmed those highlighted in previous researches.