Indonesian female academics and the pandemic: the challenges of COVID-19 and academic work

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to higher education. This paper explores the challenges Indonesian female academics encountered during the pandemic in which the boundaries between home and work were further blurred. Accordingly, the gender gap was further widened as unpaid and...

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Published in:Journal of higher education policy and management 2023-07, Vol.45 (4), p.458-471
Main Authors: Sakhiyya, Zulfa, Fitzgerald, Tanya, Rakhmani, Inaya, Eliyanah, Evi, Farida, Alief Noor
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic staff
Academic staff university relationship
Academic staff workload
Academic writing
Barriers
care
Caring
Coping
COVID-19
Family Work Relationship
Female academics
Females
Foreign Countries
Gender Bias
Gender differences
Higher education
Humanities
Indonesia
pandemic
Pandemic pedagogy
Pandemics
productivity
Social Sciences
Teacher Responsibility
University faculty
Women Faculty
Work at home
Work life balance
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Summary:The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to higher education. This paper explores the challenges Indonesian female academics encountered during the pandemic in which the boundaries between home and work were further blurred. Accordingly, the gender gap was further widened as unpaid and unacknowledged academic and domestic work disproportionately affected women. This paper draws on data gathered from survey, diary studies and in-depth interviews with female academics in the social sciences and humanities. It examines how Indonesian female academics juggled domestic and professional work at home, caring duties both at home and work, and shouldering administrative workloads. In addition, findings reveal that female academics found new meanings in their academic work and the importance of caring and collective solidarity, especially in a crisis such as the pandemic.
ISSN:1360-080X
1469-9508
DOI:10.1080/1360080X.2023.2191169