The Indonesian government’s protection of its migrant domestic workers
Author
Source
Journal of Middle East Research
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 36 (31 Mar. 2015), pp.86-106, 21 p.
Publisher
Ain Shams University The Middle East Research and Future Studies Center
Publication Date
2015-03-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
21
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Working or getting a job is a human need, as well as Indonesia which is dealing with employment opportunity problem.
The large population of Indonesia, has contributed to the surplus of workforces, combined with scarcity of jobs at home, has led numbers of Indonesians to seek job abroad.
In general, they work in formal and informal sectors.
Jobs in formal sector are filled by professional workers who receive adequate training or education, while those in non-formal sector are mostly filled by women domestic workers.
In formal sector, the workers tend to have fewer employment-related problems because they know well their rights and obligations while, in non-formal sector, the workers who are mostly uneducated, untrained, and partly illegal tend have various types of problems, ranging from the most simple to the most serious, or even life-threatening problems.
Therefore, workers in this non-formal sector deserve more protection.
The mandate of the 1945 Indonesian constitution, one of which states that every citizen shall have the right to work and to a living befitting human beings (Article 27 D Paragraph 2).
In addition, Law No.
39/2004 also obligates the Indonesian government’s protection for migrant workers.
This law defines protection for migrant workers as pre-placement, placement, and post-placement.
This paper focuses on Indonesian government’s protection of migrant workers, especially women migrant domestic workers (TKI- PLRT).
American Psychological Association (APA)
Suwandi, Nurfaizi. 2015. The Indonesian government’s protection of its migrant domestic workers. Journal of Middle East Research،Vol. 2015, no. 36, pp.86-106.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Suwandi, Nurfaizi. The Indonesian government’s protection of its migrant domestic workers. Journal of Middle East Research No. 36 (2015), pp.86-106.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-955606
American Medical Association (AMA)
Suwandi, Nurfaizi. The Indonesian government’s protection of its migrant domestic workers. Journal of Middle East Research. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 36, pp.86-106.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-955606
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 106
Record ID
BIM-955606