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Indonesia Migrant Workers

Getting Ready for a Tough Job

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Download An Indonesian house maid who has accused her female Saudi employer of stabbing, beating and burning her appeared in court for the first time this week.

23 year on Sumiati Bint Salan Mustapa showed the Saudi judge her wounds: broken bones, burns to her head from a hot iron and cuts from scissors.

There are six million Indonesian women working as nannies, cleaners and cooks in wealthier countries like Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

And despite frequent horrific cases like Sumiati’s more women leave daily.

To try and better prepare these women for the tough job ahead of them training centers have been set up in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta.

Esther de Jong went along to one of them called Amri Margatama in the satellite suburb of Bekasi.

সর্বশেষ আপডেট ( সোমবার, 10 জানুয়ারী 2011 12:03 )
 

Indonesia Migrant Workers: Why do They Keep Going Back?

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Download This week we mark International Migrant Workers’ Day with an Indonesian story, that is at its heart, a global story.

There are six million Indonesian women working as nannies, cleaners and cooks in wealthier countries like Malaysia and Saudi Arabia.

Despite the horrific stories that appear almost weekly in the Indonesian media more women leave daily.

Rebecca Henschke profiles one former migrant labor who experienced the trauma of work abroad.

Her story begins in a village dominated by men and children.

সর্বশেষ আপডেট ( সোমবার, 13 ডিসেম্বর 2010 11:25 )