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The COVID-19 pandemic has required almost all events to go virtual, including in Indonesia. Information about conferences and seminars has been disseminated through digital posters containing the speakers’ photographs.
One cannot close one’s eyes to the male favoritism in Indonesia’s institutions. It is a rarity to find a conference or seminar in Indonesia with an equal number of men and women. Most strikingly, even those that do include women put them into gender-dictated roles, such as a chairperson.
Why is this the case?
Indonesia may have fewer problems than other countries with equal pay between genders, but the problem we currently have is no less systemic than the wage issue. Women need to receive the same acknowledgement for their leadership capacity and their understanding of issues within their field.