Indonesia (Suwarti Bintang Suradi, WIDF Information Bulletin No. 14, 1957)

=== [PDF page 1] === CLIPS iy SEE Siege hit gm abs ey DEA TES ras cox Tarbes SPA ME RP" ESS Dee Aad. Sal. S24 [Unreadable] Mme. Suwarti, member of the Executive 2 of the Indonesian Women's Movenent, /INDONESTA/ reported on the status of social insurance, protection and medical ana health facilities for mother and child in her country, She emphasised the special forms of discrimina— tion encountered by working women: "In order to be able to perform their tasks, Indonesian women and mothers have to overcome many domestic Women who, according to their time of service and their abilities, are entitled to a higher post or to be appoint— ed chief, are meeting with obstacles and opposition fron their male colleagues who refuse to work under a woman chief or high official, "In some foreign enterprises like the BPM /SHELL, there are regulations stipulating that relations of work cease to xist the moment 3 woman worker gets married, This regul tion results in separate classification between married and unmarried women workers, In enter-~ poses where no such regulations exist, no creches for abies or children of working mothers are provided and regulations relieving the burden of working mothers are non-existent "Since the énterprises look upon woffen as cheap labour power, many women workers are employed for half i the working day only, as occasional workers or for piece i work to be done at home, Besides receiving half wages ‘ because they are employed for half the working day only, these women workers are not included in the category of workers entitled to receive health insurance, lodgings, annual leave and other such facilities."?