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        "id": 1238403,
        "msgid": "women-workers-urged-to-unionize-1447893297",
        "date": "2002-02-25 00:00:00",
        "title": "Women workers urged to unionize",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Women workers urged to unionize The Jakarta Post Jakarta Indonesian women employed in the transport and tourism field should form their own union to put an end to widespread gender discrimination in the workplace, an activist said. The head of the Indonesian Sailor's Association (KPI), Hanafi Rustandi, said, as quoted by Antara on Saturday, that demands raised by women workers were often overlooked in Indonesia, in contrast to those made by their male counterparts.",
        "content": "<p>Women workers urged to unionize<\/p>\n<p>The Jakarta Post<br>\nJakarta<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian women employed in the transport and tourism field <br>\nshould form their own union to put an end to widespread gender <br>\ndiscrimination in the workplace, an activist said.<\/p>\n<p>The head of the Indonesian Sailor's Association (KPI), Hanafi <br>\nRustandi, said, as quoted by Antara on Saturday, that demands <br>\nraised by women workers were often overlooked in Indonesia, in <br>\ncontrast to those made by their male counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are some industries that fire women workers just <br>\nbecause they get pregnant. It's inhumane,\" Hanafi told a seminar <br>\non women and labor unions, which was jointly held here on <br>\nSaturday by KPI and the London-based International Transport <br>\nWorkers Federation (ITF).<\/p>\n<p>\"Their association in a labor union will strengthen their <br>\nbargaining power in negotiations with employers.\"<\/p>\n<p>Hanafi added that some women's demands and issues were <br>\nneglected by Indonesian sectors such as the demand for menstrual <br>\nleave and equal pay, as many women do the same jobs and same work <br>\nhours as men.<\/p>\n<p>He said that there were thousands of competent women sailors <br>\nin Indonesia who remained jobless due to, among other reasons, <br>\nthe gender-biased fishing industry, which routinely refuses to <br>\ntake women onboard.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the fact that gender-biased treatment occurs worldwide, <br>\nHanafi suggested that Indonesian women workers join an <br>\ninternational movement against discrimination in the workplace.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned of woman workers of certain organizations who <br>\nclaim to defend women's rights but turn out to exploit the gender <br>\nissue for the sake of their own interests.<\/p>\n<p>ITF comprises more than 160 organizations representing land, <br>\nsea and air transport workers around the world, including KPI.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/women-workers-urged-to-unionize-1447893297",
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