부산대학교 도서관

Unpaid Work is one of gender equality's problems that inevitably occur in domestic life. Most women experience inequality problems because of pre-existing views of a woman's role. This study aims to determine the circumstances and changes in unpaid Work in Indonesia and Japan during the COVID-19 and before the pandemic. The method used in this research is literature study and interviews. These interviews were conducted with 8 Indonesian families and 8 Japanese families where both partners are working. Based on the data processing result, there is an increase in the time to do unpaid Work for women and men during the COVID-19 pandemic. Other than the time increase, men's role in taking care of the households also increased, but the dominant worker at home is still women. To this study, gender equality of unpaid Work at home is more balanced in Indonesia than in Japan. This statement can be seen because of the role of Indonesian women in society, such as the number of working women, women's role in government, and others. The authors provide ideas for handling unpaid work problems in domestic life with this study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]