Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic has erased the stereotype of the domestication of women with the status of women as housewives and career women, which has an impact on women’s double burden, namely doing domestic work and public work. This article aims to prove that the domestic sector has strengthened the existence of women. This research is descriptive qualitative by interviewing three career women in Yogyakarta. They were selected by direct pointing because these women can provide relevant information in this study. Indirect observations were carried out to explore information that was not conveyed at the time of the interview. Information from journals, websites, and newspapers was used to strengthen the data. The results showed that women’s ability to manage the household had an effect during the COVID-19 pandemic, namely the Work From Home (WFH) policy. Women’s domestic roles include women’s managerial abilities in utilizing home facilities such as the living room, family room, workspace, and even the kitchen room and mastery of home facilities such as Wi-Fi, laptops, and cellphones used by other family members. It also provides ample opportunity for women to demonstrate their ability to carry out domestic sector jobs such as cooking, protecting family members, and doing public work such as seminars, teaching, selling services, business, and forming social groups to help disaster victims. In line with that, the role of women in the domestic sector and public sector is balanced, thereby strengthening women’s existence during the COVID-19 pandemic.Pandemi COVID-19 telah menghapus stereotip domestikasi perempuan dengan status perempuan sebagai ibu rumah tangga dan wanita karir, yang berdampak pada beban ganda perempuan, yaitu melakukan pekerjaan domestik dan pekerjaan publik. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk membuktikan bahwa sektor domestik telah memperkuat eksistensi perempuan. Penelitian ini bersifat deskriptif kualitatif dengan mewawancarai 3 wanita karir di Yogyakarta yang dipilih secara langsung karena dianggap mampu memberikan informasi yang relevan dalam penelitian ini. Observasi tidak langsung dilakukan untuk menggali informasi yang tidak tersampaikan pada saat wawancara. Informasi dari jurnal, website, dan surat kabar digunakan untuk memperkuat data. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kemampuan perempuan dalam mengelola rumah tangga berpengaruh di masa pandemi COVID-19, yaitu kebijakan Work From Home (WFH). Peran domestik perempuan meliputi kemampuan manajerial perempuan dalam memanfaatkan fasilitas rumah seperti ruang tamu, ruang keluarga, ruang kerja, bahkan ruang dapur dan penguasaan fasilitas rumah seperti Wi-Fi, laptop, dan ponsel yang digunakan oleh anggota keluarga lainnya. Hal ini juga memberikan kesempatan yang luas bagi perempuan untuk menunjukkan kemampuannya dalam melakukan pekerjaan sektor domestik seperti memasak, melindungi anggota keluarga, dan melakukan pekerjaan publik seperti seminar, mengajar, menjual jasa, bisnis, dan membentuk kelompok sosial untuk membantu korban bencana. Sejalan dengan itu, peran perempuan di sektor domestik dan sektor publik seimbang, sehingga memperkuat eksistensi perempuan di masa pandemi COVID-19.
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Napsiah, N., Permata, A. N., Fithriya, D. N. L., & Hikmalisa, H. (2021). The Existence of Women’s Roles during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of 3 Women in Yogyakarta. Society, 9(2), 477–489. https://doi.org/10.33019/society.v9i2.326
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