Proceedings of the International Conference of Social Science and Education (ICOSSED 2021)

The Role of Women in Facing the Covid-19 Outbreaks in the Volcanic-Foot Plain Village of Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Authors
Nurhadi1, *, Hastuti1, Mawanti Widyastuti1, Sri Agustin Sutrisnowati2, Muhamad Ervin2, Muhammad Tito Abdul Azis2
1Department of Geography Education, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
2Department of Geography Education, Yogyakarta State University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: nurhadi_fise@uny.ac.id
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DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-55-8_22How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Women; Socio-Economic; Covid-19 Pandemic
Abstract

This study examines the role of women in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic including: (1) women’s socio-economic conditions, (2) women’s efforts in maintaining household income sources during the pandemic, and (3) knowing women’s efforts to find alternative socio-economic activities in Indonesia. Pandemic period. This study uses a quantitative descriptive method with a female population who are married. 60 female samples were taken from the research area in Girikerto Village which included 30 samples from hamlets with limited accessibility and another 30 samples from easy accessibility areas. The results showed that: (1) there were variations in the socio-economic conditions of women during the COVID-19 pandemic between the two hamlets with different levels of accessibility. (2) these various efforts are made to maintain sources of income during the pandemic. Women in areas with easy accessibility do alternative businesses by selling small businesses, while in areas with accessibility it is difficult to do business by working odd jobs. (3) Social and economic activities experience many obstacles, especially in areas with good accessibility. Activity restrictions affect gotong-royong, community service, and religious activities.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference of Social Science and Education (ICOSSED 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
21 December 2022
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-55-8_22
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-55-8_22How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2023 The Author(s)
Open Access
Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nurhadi
AU  - Hastuti
AU  - Mawanti Widyastuti
AU  - Sri Agustin Sutrisnowati
AU  - Muhamad Ervin
AU  - Muhammad Tito Abdul Azis
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/21
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BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference of Social Science and Education (ICOSSED 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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EP  - 166
SN  - 2352-5398
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