Profile of the Female Workforce in East Java Province 2022

One of the main goals of development is to achieve equality between men and women in all fields. Indicators that can be used to measure development achievements in terms of equality between men and women are the Gender Development Index (IPG) and the Gender Empowerment Index (IDG). In general, IPG shows indications inequality in terms of development achievements between men and women. From year to year, the gap in inequality is decreasing. Apart from that, participation in development also continues to improve as shown by the IDG score. IDG is greatly influenced by the role of women workers in terms of their empowerment and involvement from an economic perspective, for example the role of women as managers, professionals, administrators and technicians and how much women contribute to income from their work. In order to provide an overview of the characteristics of the female workforce in East Java, the publication "Profile of the Female Workforce in East Java 2022" was prepared. The data presented in this publication include employment characteristics, education level, main employment field and main employment status, as well as unemployed characteristics of the female workforce in East Java. This year's publication presents data for 2022, 2021 and data for 2020. The data source used is the results of the National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas).