Protection of domestic workers
Promoting decent work for Indonesian domestic workers: Chair of Indonesian Women’s Congress Giwo Rubianto
Giwo Rubianto, Chair of Indonesian Women’s Congress (Kowani), lends her voice to bring the life story of Tatik, a domestic worker from Yogyakarta, to life before more than 200 people attending the launch a book titled “We Will not Be Silent: 31 Stories of Domestic Workers behind the Domestic Walls”, in August 2017 in Jakarta.
Giwo Rubianto, Chair of Indonesian Women’s Congress (Kowani), lends her voice to bring the life story of Tatik, a domestic worker from Yogyakarta, to life before more than 200 people attending the book launch titled “We Will not Be Silent: 31 Stories of Domestic Workers behind the Domestic Walls”, in August 2017 in Jakarta.
The book is jointly developed and produced by the ILO, JALA PRT and the Jakarta’s Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI Jakarta). The book is also part of the ILO constituents and partners’ advocacy campaign to promote decent work for domestic workers and the elimination of child domestic labour.
“I am proud to be a domestic worker. Because of my profession as a domestic worker, I have been able to send my four children to school. I pay all their school fees from my salary working as a domestic worker,” voiced Giwo during her monologue, telling the story of Tatik titled “The ups and downs working in domestic work”.
Tatik’s story is one of the 31 stories depicting her plight as a domestic worker for more than 30 years. The story also describes her efforts to provide her four children with good education so that they can have a better future.
Giwo concluded her monologue by voicing out her organization’s support to the promotion of decent work for domestic workers in Indonesia. “Kowani is the organization fighting for women’s rights. Kowani will support the fight of domestic workers urging the government to deliberate the domestic worker protection bill,” she stated.
The book consists of 31 stories written by 27 domestic workers who aspire to change the perception and stigma against domestic workers. Through their stories, these domestic workers strive to break the existing social and political systems, urging that their professions should be recognized as workers, they should be legally protected under the law, their labour rights should be respected like other workers and the child domestic labour should be eliminated.
The campaign is conducted by the ILO through its Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers to End Child Domestic Work (PROMOTE) Project. Funded by the United States Department of Labour (USDOL), ILO-PROMOTE Project aims at reducing child domestic workers significantly by building institutional capacities of partners to promote Decent Work for Domestic Workers effectively. The Project works to increase the knowledge, skills and expertise on reducing child domestic workers and promote decent work for domestic workers.
The book is jointly developed and produced by the ILO, JALA PRT and the Jakarta’s Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI Jakarta). The book is also part of the ILO constituents and partners’ advocacy campaign to promote decent work for domestic workers and the elimination of child domestic labour.
“I am proud to be a domestic worker. Because of my profession as a domestic worker, I have been able to send my four children to school. I pay all their school fees from my salary working as a domestic worker,” voiced Giwo during her monologue, telling the story of Tatik titled “The ups and downs working in domestic work”.
Kowani is the organization fighting for women’s rights. Kowani will support the fight of domestic workers urging the government to deliberate the domestic worker protection bill."
Giwo Rubianto, Chair of Indonesian Women’s Congress (Kowani)
Giwo concluded her monologue by voicing out her organization’s support to the promotion of decent work for domestic workers in Indonesia. “Kowani is the organization fighting for women’s rights. Kowani will support the fight of domestic workers urging the government to deliberate the domestic worker protection bill,” she stated.
The book consists of 31 stories written by 27 domestic workers who aspire to change the perception and stigma against domestic workers. Through their stories, these domestic workers strive to break the existing social and political systems, urging that their professions should be recognized as workers, they should be legally protected under the law, their labour rights should be respected like other workers and the child domestic labour should be eliminated.
The campaign is conducted by the ILO through its Promoting Decent Work for Domestic Workers to End Child Domestic Work (PROMOTE) Project. Funded by the United States Department of Labour (USDOL), ILO-PROMOTE Project aims at reducing child domestic workers significantly by building institutional capacities of partners to promote Decent Work for Domestic Workers effectively. The Project works to increase the knowledge, skills and expertise on reducing child domestic workers and promote decent work for domestic workers.