Future Economic Involvement of Indonesian Women in Postgraduate Education

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10.2991/assehr.k.200331.162How to use a DOI?

Keywords

education, women’s education, women’s contributions

Abstract

Indonesian women’s enrollment in education is showing progress. According to the 2015 national census, 7.92% of the total female population chose to enter university. However, the question remains: what are the plans of Indonesian women with postgraduate education in terms of their involvement in the economy? This research used a qualitative descriptive method, distributing questionnaires to 55 respondents, 11 of whom were also interviewed. The primary reason for women to obtain a higher education is to keep their family economically stable. Therefore, they are willing to save money for postgraduate education, with the majority using private funds, and 84% of respondents said that they will continue to work after marriage. This paper suggests a link to the symptom stage of naïve consciousness, a theory developed by Paulo Freire. In terms of this theory, Indonesian women have yet to understand that they could be agents of social change in the era of the demographic bonus.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Dinda Lisna Amilia
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/04/03
TI  - Future Economic Involvement of Indonesian Women in Postgraduate Education
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Vocational Higher Education (ICVHE 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 324
EP  - 330
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.200331.162
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.200331.162
ID  - Amilia2020
ER  -