Jakarta – Women are an important force the country can tap into to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, stated Women’s Empowerment and Kid Defense Minister, I Gusti Ayu Bintang Darmawati, much better referred to as Bintang Puspayoga.
” The 2020 Central Stats Company (BPS) study reveals that females have a higher level of adherence to health protocols than males,” Bintang Puspayoga said in a declaration received in Jakarta on Friday.
Bintang Puspayoga stated that amid the COVID-19 pandemic, females have actually assumed numerous functions as supervisors in households: they are ensuring their households stay healthy and have their needs satisfied, while still assisting the family’s economy, and helping their children in studying at home.
Not only that. most of the health employees at the forefront of COVID-19 managing efforts are ladies, she explained.
” Therefore, various efforts and policies with a gender viewpoint in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic are urgently needed,” she said.
Bintang Puspayoga stated the spread of COVID-19 in Indonesia has not decreased. What has actually been an issue because September, 2020 is the increasing trend in positive cases of the SARS-CoV-2 infection from the family cluster, she kept in mind.
In response, President Joko Widodo has directed the Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Child Protection to make efforts to avoid and manage COVID-19 in the family cluster by involving women.
” With the power of ladies, breaking the chain of transmission can target the smallest strata of society, namely the household and the surrounding environment,” Bintang Puspayoga said.
She said it is the duty of the government, academic community, business and expert world, mass media, and the neighborhood to support the role of ladies at house as representatives of household health.
The Ministry of Women’s Empowerment and Kid Security has released a Family Health Procedure, which can be accessed on the ministry’s social networks channels, she notified.
The procedure regulates different things, including procedures for safeguarding the health of family members, health procedures when a member of the family is exposed to the coronavirus, procedures for household health when doing activities outside the house, and health protocols for the surrounding environment when residents are exposed to the virus.
” The Household Health Procedure reveals the essential function of the household as part of the environment. From a healthy family, a healthy environment is also developed, causing a healthy Indonesia,” she stated. (INE)
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