Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, said he wants the country to stop sending its women to work abroad as household service workers or maids.
According to a report by The Straits Times, he admitted he was ashamed when discussing the issue of Indonesian maids with Malaysia’s government.
“There are only three countries in the world supplying domestic workers, two are in Asia and one in Africa. One of those in Asia is Indonesia. This is a matter of dignity. It was really shameful (speaking about this) during our bilateral with Malaysia,” he said.”
“I have given (the) Manpower Minister a target to come up with a clear roadmap on when we can stop sending female domestic workers. We should have pride and dignity,” he said in a speech.
But worker protection agencies aren’t happy with Widodo’s decision, calling it discriminatory.
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