ABSTRACT

The COVID-19 pandemic brought unprecedented challenges to higher education. This paper explores the challenges Indonesian female academics encountered during the pandemic in which the boundaries between home and work were further blurred. Accordingly, the gender gap was further widened as unpaid and unacknowledged academic and domestic work disproportionately affected women. This paper draws on data gathered from survey, diary studies and in-depth interviews with female academics in the social sciences and humanities. It examines how Indonesian female academics juggled domestic and professional work at home, caring duties both at home and work, and shouldering administrative workloads. In addition, findings reveal that female academics found new meanings in their academic work and the importance of caring and collective solidarity, especially in a crisis such as the pandemic.

摘要

COVID-19大流行给高等教育带来了前所未有的挑战。本文探讨了印度尼西亚女性学者在疫情期间遇到的挑战，家庭和工作之间的界限进一步模糊。因此，性别差距进一步扩大，因为无报酬和不被承认的学术和家务工作对妇女的影响尤为严重。本文利用了从调查、日记研究以及对社会科学和人文学科女性学者的深入访谈中收集的数据。它探讨了印度尼西亚女性学者如何兼顾家务和专业工作、家庭和工作的照顾职责以及承担行政工作量。此外，研究结果表明，女性学者在学术工作中发现了新的意义，以及关怀和集体团结的重要性，