4th February 2021
Sharing lessons learned by UK enterprises has helped Indonesian women start and develop their own social and creative enterprises including a co-operative bakery, therapy for survivors of domestic violence and orchid farming.
Women make up half of Indonesia’s population of around 260m people, but account for less than half the country’s workforce. Economic and social development requires more female employment and female entrepreneurship. A programme called Perempuan Maju Dengan Digital, which can be translated as ‘Women Advance in Digital’, aims to support women to set up and run their own businesses. In fact, judging by the number of women who have attended workshops in six key cities, taken part in webinars and engaged with social media, more than 1,000 of them have begun an online journey that will help establish new or strengthen existing female-led social and creative enterprises. As part of the process, ten diverse enterprises, ranging from eco-t