Policy brief: Building back better for women and girls in Indonesia

Highlights

Indonesia has been one of the countries most affected by COVID-19 in Southeast Asia, compounding existing crises, in particular recurrent climate shocks. The pandemic also amplified gendered risks and vulnerabilities, reflecting longstanding gender gaps that remain in Indonesia and the well-acknowledged disproportionate impacts of emergencies on women and girls. COVID-19 generated strong action from the Government of Indonesia in responding to the public health emergency and in mitigating the social and economic effects of the pandemic on families, children, and the economy. However, the measures put in place have some limitations to tackle the specific challenges faced by women and girls and aggravated by several overlapping factors

This Policy Brief seeks to provide the Government of Indonesia, civil society organisations and UN agencies with a framework for action that builds on the lessons learned and the opportunities that the pandemic has generated to advance gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment in Indonesia.