Tales of survival: migrant domestic workers’ stories in their own words

These are the stories of Indonesian migrant domestic workers and their families whose realities turn out to be far removed from their dreams. Their stories have became familiar to us through TV screens and newspaper headlines over the last few years. But in spite of the hardships and unbearable suffering they have endured, they refuse to be defeated, and they continue to speak out publicly for the sake of saving other migrant domestic workers from the same fate.

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  • ILO-Combating Forced Labour and Trafficking of Indonesian Migrant Workers

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