Indonesian Optimistic About Domestic Worker Protection Bill
The Indonesian government has passed a revised law regarding witness protection, which includes extended coverage for informants. Indonesia has enacted a new law that will provide health insurance, rest stays, and pensions to approximately 4.2 million domestic workers. The vast majority of these workers, around 90%, are women. Three individuals, Wina (a domestic worker), Bariah (mobilizer for the International Domestic Workers Federation), and Nasiqa (a migrant domestic worker in Malaysia), discussed how their lives might change. Wina shared her reaction to the law change. Indonesia's parliament and government have enacted a new law to protect domestic workers. The Workers Federation and Vina Union were instrumental in advocating for this legislation, which aims to improve the long-standing conditions for Indonesian domestic workers.
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“Indonesia is a home to around 4.2 million domestic workers, 90% of them women, and the new law will entitle them to health insurance, rest stays and pensions.”
“20 years but domestic workers in Indonesia are now welcoming new legislation health insurance, rest stays and pensions.”
“And I believe Vina Union has been very key in making sure that this law are happening in Indonesia. This law are being passed by the parliament and the government of Indonesia.”
“It's become something, a big victory in the way of how they have been advocating for even more than 20 to a year. And I believe Vina Union has been very key in making sure that that this law are happened in Indonesia.”
“this law are happened in Indonesia. This law are being passed by... and the government of Indonesia. And we are so much welcome on the new enactment of this law because first of all, the situation of Indonesian domestic workers for long decades has been in precarity.”
“the situation of Indonesian domestic workers for long decades has been in”
“the situation of Indonesian domestic workers for long decades has been in of the domestic workers' bill, which has been covered certain promise of the protection, including a weekly day off, including a salary, including a social protection for domestic workers. This will be given another opportunity for domestic workers' rights to be protected and to be granted under this new enactment of the domestic, the protection of the domestic workers.”
“We are expecting that after these new passes of the domestic workers law in Indonesia, it can be reduced the precarity condition of the domestic workers, like what has been promised in the law that the law are promised to cover certain provision for the domestic workers like including the salary, the weekly day off, the compensation.”
“domestic workers like including the salary, the weekly day off, the compensation. one thing that is very much promises is on the social protection. So what we are expecting this will be a first step for the law to be established, but however, the law itself to be able to implement and really given the real chain or protection for the domestic workers is required like for their advocacy because the law will need it.”
“Wakil ketua DPRRI, cucu nama Samsurizal Optimis Pengesan Undang-Undang, pelindungan pekerjaan rumah tangga atau PPRT yang merupakan undang-undang inisiatif DPRRI, dapat memberikan payung hukum yang maksimal dalam melindungi profesi PRT.”
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