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Social approach can end stigma against disabled: Komnas Perempuan

The National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has said that the social approach is key to ...

Komnas Perempuan urges candidates to champion domestic worker rights

The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has called on presidential, vice-presidential, and ...

Maintaining mental, physical wellness by staying productive as seniors

The life of 81-year-old Rustinah has become more meaningful ever since she began working in a cafe located in the Blok ...

Indonesia lauds Malaysia's decision to ban comic book insulting PMIs

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Ministry's spokesperson, Lalu Muhamad Iqbal, commended the Malaysian government's ...

Migrant workers' stories from hard work to creating investment

In 1997, the Asian Financial Crisis broke out, with Southeast Asia bearing the brunt of its impact. During the Asian ...

Indonesian worker in Malaysia claiming to get tortured repatriated

The Indonesian Consulate General in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, has facilitated the repatriation of an Indonesian domestic ...

Minister asks companies to create workplaces without discrimination

Minister of Manpower Ida Fauziyah has asked companies to commit to creating comfortable workplaces without ...

Manpower Ministry to accommodate aspiration for Domestic Workers' Bill

The Ministry of Manpower said it will accommodate the aspirations of stakeholders for developing the Domestic ...

Minister lauds extension of PPRT Bill task force's duties

Women's Empowerment and Child Protection Minister (PPPA) Bintang Puspayoga lauded the Presidential Staff Office ...

Striving for protection of domestic workers through PPRT bill

Although domestic workers play an important role in many households, such as dual-income homes, where there is less ...

Workers' protection bill passage: 19 years and counting

The Indonesian government has voiced its support for the prompt ratification of the domestic workers' protection ...

PPRT bill deliberation to continue after recess: DPR

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives (DPR) Sufmi Dasco Ahmad has said that the deliberation of the ...

Assembly urges House to swifty deliberate bill on domestic workers

The deputy speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly, Lestari Moerdijat, urged the House of ...

Providing better protection to domestic workers

The number of domestic workers (PRT) in Indonesia has reached nearly two million, out of which 12 percent are child ...

Komnas HAM says PPRT Bill hopefully passed into law soon

Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) expressed hope that the Bill on Protection of Domestic ...