The Highest Attainable Standard of Health for Female Workers in the Pandemic from Human Rights Perspective Case Study in Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211112.055How to use a DOI?

Keywords

COVID-19; highest attainable standards of health; labor; women

Abstract

The guarantee of the right to health is regulated in the Indonesian constitution. COVID-19 has a disproportionate economic impact on female workers. Policies in the form of limiting physical and social distance have a distinctive impact on women, especially in relation to the position of women workers (laborers) and women in the family (Mother). This overlapped workload puts women at the highest risk of exposure because of their roles as workers, caregivers, and home health workers. When women are tired of taking care of their family, household, and activities (laborers) at the same time, their immune system tends to weaken. The risk of being exposed to the virus is also increasingly vulnerable. In addition, there are still companies that neglect the rights of women workers in order to pursue the efficiency and effectiveness of company production. The problem is how to protect human rights for women workers in order to get the highest standard of health during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aim of the study is to propose regulations on the highest health standards for female workers during the pandemic. This research is descriptive normative legal research. The results showed that there were still many female workers who did not get the highest standard of health during the COVID-19 pandemic, namely preventive, curative and rehabilitative health services. The author’s suggestion is that there is a government policy related to health insurance and protection with the highest attainable standards of health for female workers.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Linda Fatmawati Saleh
AU  - Firdaus
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/23
TI  - The Highest Attainable Standard of Health for Female Workers in the Pandemic from Human Rights Perspective Case Study in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2021 (ICLHR 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 430
EP  - 437
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211112.055
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211112.055
ID  - Saleh2021
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