Outcome IDN_D_2.1

Institutions and people contribute more effectively to advance a higher value-added and inclusive economic transformation

2023 marked continued collaborative efforts and commitment to advance women's participation in the economy. There was notable progress at the policy and strategy level, such as through the development of the Care Economy roadmap, which aimed to foster the government's commitment to advancing the Care Economy. The investment in the care economy will increase female labor force participation and generate at least 10.4 million new job opportunities by 2035. Some key partners, including UN Women, were consulted in the process of road map development. The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection, in collaboration with various partners, including UNDP, has developed technical guidelines for gender-responsive climate change budget tagging. Other government institutions, such as the Center of Government Investment (PIP) and the Ministry of Communication, Information, and Technology, are consistently working to strengthen inclusive economic growth in Indonesia. Their support includes enhancing women's entrepreneurial skills and improving their access to financing. In the private sector, efforts to create a more gender-responsive business environment also continued in 2023. While there has not been a significant increase in WEP signatories in 2023, initiatives for women's empowerment from the private sector persist. For instance, companies like Indosat, Ooreedoo, and Dana are implementing accelerators for women. Additionally, companies like Gojek contribute to the development of women's entrepreneurial skills by facilitating training implementation and material development. In the current year, UN Women Indonesia has reached over 3000 women entrepreneurs who reported improvements in business skills and a better understanding of gender equality, both within their families and communities. Women are more confident to engage in profitable economic activities as a result of these improved abilities. In the long term,the impact of this increased participation is expected to contribute to national economic growth. UN Women's Entrepreneurship initiatives consistently applied the principle of "none left behind" by giving access to groups such as rural women, migrant and former migrant women, single mothers, and other to participate in the activities.

Institutions and people contribute more effectively to advance a higher value-added and inclusive economic transformation

This year marks a significant milestone with over 200 companies in Indonesia committing to the WEPs, showcasing their best practices in fostering inclusive and gender responsive business environments. The 2024 WEPs Awards have served as a platform for these companies to highlight innovative and gender-responsive business practices, driving systemic change and encouraging adoption and implementation of inclusive workplace policies. These efforts reflect increased commitment to advancing gender equality and enhancing women’s participation in higher value-added economic activities. Through other initiatives under WEE, such as the Digital Sheroes, UN Women further contributed to this transformation by equipping women including from rural areas with critical AI and STEM skills, addressing gender gaps in technology sectors, and preparing them for leadership in the digital economy. In addition, through partnerships with Indosat Ooredoo and FWD, UN Women has supported women-led startups in Indonesia by equipping them with essential skills and knowledge to scale their businesses. This initiative not only enhances their entrepreneurial capacity but also expands economic opportunities for women, fostering more inclusive growth.

Institutions and people contribute more effectively to advance a higher value-added and inclusive economic transformation

Increasing number of private sector companies join forces as WEPs signatories with total of 177 companies (33 companies are qualified to join as WEPs signatories in 2022) and contribute more to the inclusive economic transformation through commitment to the promotion and implementation of WEPs in the world of work. More women entrepreneurs better run businesses as they apply increased entrepreneurship skills with gender perspective and strengthen their value added and market competitiveness. At the same time, they contribute to the economic empowerment of women and promoting their agency within the community through e.g., increased employment, stable income earning opportunity, improved welfare and decision making process in the household. UN Women contributes to the outcome by advancing enabling business environment through knowledge generation, capacity development, advocacy and awareness raising, often in partnership with multiple stakeholders which include public and private sectors, women network and CSOs on promoting women’s economic empowerment through WeEmpower Asia and Together Digital projects. The collaboration has resulted in i) A total of 505 women entrepreneurs have enhanced/strengthened entrepreneurial and digital skills with gender perspective through workshop organized in collaboration with MoWECP, ii) Another 244 male partners raised awareness through gender equality training held by UN Women, and iii) MoWECP and UN Women developed three guidelines each as part of the national dialogue process on GEWE with inputs from diversity of stakeholders. The three guidelines include 1) Guideline for Gender Responsive Business, 2) Guideline on the Prevention of Harassment or Violence in the Workplace based on ILO Convention 190, and 3) Guideline on Gender Reporting, adopting the Principles of Women’s Empowerment and the WEP Transparency and Accountability Framework. As finalized and launched in 2022, relevant stakeholders have access to these new tools that will guide enterprises and other businesses with actionable initiatives to advance GEWE in Indonesia. For the capacity building initiatives, UN Women’s role is to provide the training materials and trainers while key partners such as Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Proetction (MoWECP) coordinated with the local government to support this activity and to reach out the women entrepreneurs as beneficiaries. As for capacity building collaboration with the Government Investment Agency (PIP), UN Women has provided the training materials and has monitored the activity while the Government Investment Agency funded the Training of Trainer activities directly to the consultant. In capacity building collaboration with the British Council, UN Women has provided the gender training material that has been adapted by the British Council for the training and supported the TOE (training for women entrepreneurs), while the British Council supported the Training of Trainers. For the development of guidelines, the three guidelines that were initiated by UN Women, the role of partners such as i) ILO as the partner that co-developed the guideline, 11) the MoWECP as the expert partner, provided consultations and inputs on the guidelines. UN Women’s strategy by engaging MoWECP during guidelines development was to make MoWECP became the owner of the three guidelines to be implemented (after UN Women handed over the guidelines), in which MoWECP agreed to do so. The guidelines were launched together with MoWECP in June 2022.

Institutions and people contribute more effectively to advance a higher value-added and inclusive economic transformation

The Country has made significant results in engaging the private sector in promoting gender equality and women's entrepreneurship development. UN Women Indonesia is able to reach out to over 200 companies who have been actively involved in a series of capacity-building activities on gender-responsive business, carried out with a collaboration with our private sectors partner (WEPs Signatories) and business ecosystem builders and accelerators through engaging activities such as WEPS Virtual Learning Series, Multi Stakeholders Dialogues, founders acceleration activities (SheDisrupts, She Hacks), and Capacity Building for G20 Empowers advocate with the MOWECP. With these engagements, many new companies took concrete steps and signed the WEPs. The number of WEPs signatories increased to 152 (from a baseline of 63 in 2020 and 19 in 2019). Most of them also apply for the Annual WEPs Awards 2021, where Indonesia mobilized the most significant number of applicants in the Asia Pacific Region (228 applications from 138 companies). The winners from Indonesia performed well as champions in all Regional Awards Asia Pacific Awards. With Indonesia currently assuming the Presidency of G20, UN Women's contribution is even more significant, as 10 of WEPs signatories are appointed as gender equality champions for the business world as gender advocates in a business alliance for gender equality the G20 (G20 EMPOWER). On women's entrepreneurship development, a prominent government institution that provides access to micro-finance and capital, Pusat Investasi Pemerintah (PIP – Government Investment Centre), has strengthened its commitment to gender-responsive business. PIP supports small capital women entrepreneurs through UN Women support on capacity building for women entrepreneurs and gender-sensitivity training for their Account Officers. A cumulative of 850 plus entrepreneurs and prospective entrepreneurs were also engaged in learning exchange and deeper engagement through training, boot camps, and mentorship opportunities conducted by UN Women and its partners in Indonesia. Through WeLearn and WeRise training, UN Women combined materials that equip women with business development skill-set and build their critical awareness about discrimination and gender bias that inhibit the women's business growth. As a result of UN Women Indonesia's initiation on innovative gender-responsive approach towards acceleration and incubation programs in Indonesia, such as SheDisrupts, SheHacks, Super Girls in Tech, Women in Tourism Bootcamp, and Stellar Academy, UN Women has been able to reach out to startup founders and accelerators to develop women's leadership and strengthen women's startup founders' agency in managing the business. These materials include gender and business 101, women leadership in STEM, understanding gender bias, and building an inclusive business based on WEPs. The figure above excludes 7428 entrepreneurs who signed up for the WeLearn platform and continue to access materials for business development.