Women, Care Work and Social Protection in Indonesia (WeCare)

This intervention aims to support the Indonesian government in meeting its goal to extend social protection coverage to women and to improve female labour force participation as part of its Long-term National Development Plan 2025-2045 and Road Map on Care Economy 2025-2045. Building on recent ILO work on social security reforms and protection of care workers, the intervention focuses on improving care and social protection policies to provide income and job security during maternity and parental leaves, decent job opportunities and income security for vulnerable workers, and better social protection and employment conditions for care workers. Beneficiaries include working women and men, persons with disabilities, older persons, and care workers in households and outsourcing companies. The intervention is implemented in partnership with various government ministries, trade unions, employers' organizations, and social security institutions in Indonesia. The expected results include the adoption of the Maternal and Child Welfare Bill, the finalization of a regulation on pension reforms, the inclusion of social security provisions in the National Mid-term Development Plan 2025-2029, the issuance of the Domestic Workers Bill/Regulation, the development of a financing framework for the Care Economy Roadmap, and a strategy for the national licensing system of childcare and long-term care professionals.

Project symbol

IDN/24/01/RBS

Admin unit

CO-Jakarta

Start date

01/05/2024

End date

31/01/2026

Total allocation

601391

Total expenditure

Status

Active

520026

Development Partners

Core voluntary funds (RBSA)

Country/Countries

Indonesia

Outcomes

Outcome 7: Universal social protection
Outcome 5: Gender equality and equality of treatment and opportunities for all