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Getting ready for a tough job

10/01/11

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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.

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Indonesian Migrant Workers: Why do They Keep Going Back?

18/12/10

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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.

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Abused Overseas, Now Back Home

14/12/10

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This feature produced by Radio Suara Warga explore by talking to returned migrant worker women, why Indonesian women still want to go overseas to work as maids when many returned after being mistreated by employers, especially in Saudi Arabia and Malaysia. Produced and presented by Noor Chasnah.

http://news.suarawarga.info/

 

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