Perempuan Pekerja Rumahan: Advokasi untuk Menuntut Perlindungan Hak Pekerja dan Meruntuhkan Norma Lokal = Women Homeworkers: Advocating for the Recognition and the Protection of Workers Rights and Shifting Local Norms

Abstract

Case study from "Membuka Jalan untuk Pembangunan Inklusif Gender di Daerah Perdesaan Indonesia: Bunga Rampai Kajian Aksi Kolektif Perempuan dan Pengaruhnya pada Pelaksanaan Undang-Undang Desa", a peer-reviewed volume of case studies drawing on detailed ethnographic research of how village women have influenced village development in Indonesia's multi-level governance structure under the new Village Law in Indonesia.

This case study illustrates the changes for homeworkers in the research village in the district of Bantul, Yogyakarta after the formation of women's groups by the Annisa Swasti Foundation (Yasanti). Yasanti helped in advocacy work, lobbied for regulations to protect homeworkers and successfully encouraged and supported women workers to create a union, called the Creative Mothers Homeworkers Union, which was recognised by the Bantul Department of Manpower in 2017.