Changing gender norms around women’s work: Evidence from an online intervention in IndonesiaAuthore

According to the 2018 World Values regarding the level of community support for women Survey, 76% of Indonesian men and 74% of Indonesian working and husbands and wives sharing childcare women agree with the statement “men have more can help increase support for women’s labour force right to a job than women”, up significantly from 65% participation. [...] Key Insights 1 There is more support for wives working outside the home than what both men and women believe Support for married women with children under the age of 12 working for pay outside the home is relatively high in Indonesia, with 76% of women reporting being supportive. [...] Men and women in the treatment groups were 25% more likely to choose the career mentoring voucher, which is taken as evidence that the information on the level of community support resulted in greater support for women working. [...] There is some evidence, however, to suggest that men were more influenced by the views of other men (on childcare sharing) and that women were more swayed by the information on the level of support among women in their mothers’ and mothers-in-law’s generation. [...] and Business, University of Indonesia This Research Insight represents the opinions of the author(s) and is not intended to represent the views of Melbourne Institute.