Indonesian Labour Migration: Identifying the Women

Abstract

This paper is concerned with two main issues, Indonesian women working abroad in the informal sector and the potentials of other women stakeholders in addressing issues faced by women migrant workers. Based on the assumption that an identification of potential women at various levels, local and national, and institutions, governmental and non-governmental, may contribute to the search for solutions for the problems faced by the women migrant workers and that women should be seen as active actors that may contribute to the problem solving. A number of prominent women migrant workers advocates in various parts within the labour migration system is to guarantee a protected migration for women labour. It suggests for the widening of the scope and activism of these advocate.