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<p>Gender equity is a core component of human development, including in male-dominated sectors such as fisheries. In Indonesia, formal commitments to gender equality coexist with social and religious norms that emphasise complementarianism—the belief that men and women have different but complementary roles in productive and reproductive labour. These norms, widespread internationally, are in Indonesia framed as reflecting Islamic values and inform widely held expectations about the gender division of labour (GDL). In such contexts, pursuing equality through increasing women’s participation in the formal economy risks being opposed or increasing women’s ‘double shift’. This paper uses critical literature review and knowledge co-production to examine how gender equity can be conceptualised and advanced in fisheries in societies where complementarian GDLs are normative, addressing the disconnect between policy visions of gender equality that emphasise equal participation and outcomes, and the reality of complementarian norms, without dismissing complementarianism as inherently incompatible with equity. Drawing on scholarship from Islamic feminism we identify two contrasting perspectives within Islamic scholarship on GDLs, which differ on role differentiation but share commitments to equity and justice. The gender and development literature shows how to engage with norms about gender roles and equity to conceptualise and design interventions for improving gender equity with complementarian norms. We also propose an agenda to transfer community-level gender norms engagement into the policy sphere via deliberative mini-publics. These strands of the literature enable us to consider the possibility of an ‘equitable complementarity’ that redistributes workloads and economic opportunities within Indonesia’s fisheries while remaining attentive to cultural and religious values.</p>

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How to pursue gender equity in the context of complementarian norms? review of concepts and practices to apply in Indonesian fisheries

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    2026年7月7日

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  • Kate M. Barclay,
  • Hertria Maharani Putri,
  • Armen Zulham,
  • Umi Muawanah

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Gender equity is a core component of human development, including in male-dominated sectors such as fisheries. In Indonesia, formal commitments to gender equality coexist with social and religious norms that emphasise complementarianism—the belief that men and women have different but complementary roles in productive and reproductive labour. These norms, widespread internationally, are in Indonesia framed as reflecting Islamic values and inform widely held expectations about the gender division of labour (GDL). In such contexts, pursuing equality through increasing women’s participation in the formal economy risks being opposed or increasing women’s ‘double shift’. This paper uses critical literature review and knowledge co-production to examine how gender equity can be conceptualised and advanced in fisheries in societies where complementarian GDLs are normative, addressing the disconnect between policy visions of gender equality that emphasise equal participation and outcomes, and the reality of complementarian norms, without dismissing complementarianism as inherently incompatible with equity. Drawing on scholarship from Islamic feminism we identify two contrasting perspectives within Islamic scholarship on GDLs, which differ on role differentiation but share commitments to equity and justice. The gender and development literature shows how to engage with norms about gender roles and equity to conceptualise and design interventions for improving gender equity with complementarian norms. We also propose an agenda to transfer community-level gender norms engagement into the policy sphere via deliberative mini-publics. These strands of the literature enable us to consider the possibility of an ‘equitable complementarity’ that redistributes workloads and economic opportunities within Indonesia’s fisheries while remaining attentive to cultural and religious values.