Protection of domestic workers
Promoting decent work for domestic workers: Maruli A. Hasoloan, Director General of Labour Placement
Maruli A. Hasoloan, Director General of Labour Placement and Employment Development of the Ministry of Manpower, has given voice to the life story of Siti Kholifah, a domestic worker from Yogyakarta. Under the title “Benefits of written working contract”, she told her life story enjoying benefits she gained from having a written working contract.
Maruli A. Hasoloan, Director General of Labour Placement and Employment Development of the Ministry of Manpower, has given voice to the life story of Siti Kholifah, a domestic worker from Yogyakarta. Under the title “Benefits of written working contract”, she told her life story enjoying benefits she gained from having a written working contract.
With strong support from her employer, she is even able to combine work and college study. She is now at her second year of college. “Based on stories that I heard from my other fellow domestic workers, I consider myself lucky. Since the beginning I work as a domestic worker, I always have a written working contract,” wrote Siti Kholifah in her story.
Siti Kholifah story is one of the 31 stories of domestic workers compiled in the book titled “We Will not Be Silent: 31 Stories of Domestic Workers behind the Domestic Walls”, launched 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 Ministry of Manpower strongly support and uphold the labour rights of domestic workers. Domestic workers have given added value to the Indonesian economy. The Government of Indonesia, therefore, strives to ensure the presence of the country in providing basic protection to the rights of domestic workers,” he stated in his remarks during the launch.
The launch and publication of the book is part of the ILO constituents and partners’ advocacy campaign to promote decent work for domestic workers and the elimination of child domestic labour.
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 Ministry of Manpower strongly support and uphold the labour rights of domestic workers. Domestic workers have given added value to the Indonesian economy. The Government of Indonesia, therefore, strives to ensure the presence of the country in providing basic protection to the rights of domestic workers."
Maruli A. Hasoloan, Director General of Labour Placement and Employment Development of the Ministry of Manpower
Siti Kholifah story is one of the 31 stories of domestic workers compiled in the book titled “We Will not Be Silent: 31 Stories of Domestic Workers behind the Domestic Walls”, launched 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 Ministry of Manpower strongly support and uphold the labour rights of domestic workers. Domestic workers have given added value to the Indonesian economy. The Government of Indonesia, therefore, strives to ensure the presence of the country in providing basic protection to the rights of domestic workers,” he stated in his remarks during the launch.
The launch and publication of the book is part of the ILO constituents and partners’ advocacy campaign to promote decent work for domestic workers and the elimination of child domestic labour.
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.