A Long Road to Fulfilling the Rights of Indonesian Domestic Workers:   One Step Forward for Ratifying the Domestic Workers Protection Bill?

A Long Road to Fulfilling the Rights of Indonesian Domestic Workers: One Step Forward for Ratifying the Domestic Workers Protection Bill?

By Guest Writers Desi Yunitasari and Devi Yusvitasari  Introduction With a population totaling around 260 million individuals, Indonesia is the fourth-largest country in terms of population size. This has contributed to the surplus of workers in Indonesia. Domestic workers are a fundamental part of the movement of the activities of millions of households in line with the increasing demand for the needs of families in urban and rural areas to do household work such as care and maintenance-and household services. Indonesia not only employs millions of domestic workers but supplies them in large numbers to Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea and Middle Eastern countries. Domestic workers indirectly affect national economic growth, as the wages they send home contribute to the country's foreign exchange earnings. The International Labour Organization (ILO) estimated that 80 percent of all domestic workers are women, while underage female workers make up 30% of the workforce. Most of these women and girls are breadwinners for their families. Moreover,...
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