Spotlight
Invisible Care: Intergrating the care economy into responsible business supply chains
ORGANIZED BY
Penabulu, Oxfam
17-Sep
10:00-10:30
Conference Room 4
How can businesses prioritise care? This session demonstrates Indonesia's care economy and corporate practice based on the UNGPs' 3 pillars and the 5R (Recognize, Reduce, Redistribute, Reward and Represent) Framework and case studies of tea, fashion retail, and other industries
Overview
This session will explore the gaps in integrating a care economy perspective into the implementation of Business and Human Rights (BHR) in Indonesia, and examine why care work remains insufficiently addressed in business practices. The discussion will present findings from an assessment involving government institutions, business associations, and companies in the fashion and fintech sectors to identify the challenges, opportunities, and emerging practices for integrating the 5R framework (Recognize, Reduce, Redistribute, Reward, and Represent) into corporate policies and programmes. To complement the discussion, the session will also reflect on findings from a separate human rights risk assessment in the tea sector to enrich human rights risk analysis and support more inclusive business practices
Why it matters
While most women quit the labour force due to disproportionate care work responsibilities, they also face significant human rights risks, such as discrimination, income loss or jobs due to pregnancy. In addition, existing companies still lack the competence and institutional commitment to integrate care considerations into their policies and operational practices. Through this session, the private sector is encouraged to strengthen its understanding of the 5R framework beyond formal compliance
Who should attend?
Business (large corporations), Business (SMEs), Civil society organizations, Workers / rights holders / communities, Human rights defenders, Academia and researchers, Youth, and Media
What participants will gain
Practical insights into how paid and unpaid care work affects workers' rights, gender equality, worker well-being, and business sustainability
An illustration of how companies can operationalize the 5R framework through human rights assessment tools and internal policies
Recommendations for integrating a care-responsive approach into Business and Human Rights (BHR) policies and practices
Dewi Komalasari
Project Manager, Penabulu - Oxfam
Dewi Komalasari is Project Manager and focal point for Gender Justice in Penabulu-Oxfam. She has been working as advocate for gender equality through women empowerment and public policy reform. She is currently managing Care Connect project, an initiative that focuses on the need to recognize, redistribute, and reduce unpaid care work while ensuring decent work and fair wages for paid care workers. Care Connect recognizes that government policies and social norms change must go hand in hand to deliver lasting change in care work. Her roles include improving the competencies of various stakeholders, strengthening civil society organizations, providing technical assistance for duty bearers, building engagement with business sectors and raising global awareness.
Nadya Alma Tusada
Project Officer, Penabulu - Oxfam
Nadya Alma is project officer at Penabulu Foundation and a researcher focusing on human rights risks in Indonesia's agricultural sector. Her work includes identifying labor and human rights risks affecting women tea pickers in tea plantations in collaboration with Oxfam Great Britain and Asosiasi LBH APIK. She currently works with independent palm oil smallholders to advance gender-transformative approaches by strengthening the capacity and participation of both women and men farmers, promoting equitable decision-making, improving access to fair prices for fresh fruit bunches (FFB), and fostering responsible value chains in collaborarion with Oxfam Novib, Serikat Petani Kelapa Sawit (SPKS), and AS Watson Benelux
Nadia Himmatul Ulya
Project Officer, Penabulu - Oxfam
Nadia Himmatul Ulya is a gender and development practitioner and feminist researcher specialising in gender, labour, and community organising since 2018. She holds a Master of International Development Practice (MIDP) from Monash University, where her research examined women's organising to eliminate violence in Indonesian palm oil plantations. Previously, she led organising and advocacy programmes for women homeworkers' rights in Indonesia. She is currently a Project Officer for Care Connect (Action for Care Workers in the Philippines and Indonesia), advancing the recognition of paid and unpaid care work. Her interests include private sector engagement in valuing care work.