{"id":3441,"date":"2018-10-31T23:59:54","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T03:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/indonesian\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2018-11-01T02:05:59","modified_gmt":"2018-11-01T06:05:59","slug":"indonesian-migrant-workers-tki-tenaga-kerja-indonesia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/indonesian\/indonesian-migrant-workers-tki-tenaga-kerja-indonesia\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian Migrant Workers (TKI \u2013 Tenaga Kerja Indonesia)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the fourth largest population in the world, Indonesia has a large workforces surplus. The poverty combined with the scarcity and unitability of jobs for those with lack of education has led numbers of Indonesia specifically from the village and suburbs to seek employment abroad. They expect to earn money and hoping to improve their lives economically. They are called the Indonesia migrant workers or TKI \u2013 Tenaga Kerja Indonesia. <\/p>\n

The government of Indonesia that started the TKI program in 1969 called them “Pahlawan Devisa” (the heroes\/heroines of state foreign exchange). They contribute to 10% of the state budget (APBN \u2013 Anggaran Pengeluaran dan Belanja Negara) placed second from oil and gas sector income. They work in 161 countries in Asia, USA, Middle-East, Africa, Europe, and Australia. <\/p>\n

The Indonesian migrant workers consist of 30% men and 70% women which are called TKW \u2013 Tenaga Kerja Wanita (women\u2019s labor). However, due to their low-skilled TKWs ended up working at the domestic sector. They are prone to exploitation, extortion, physical and sexual abuses, and suffered by those enduring human trafficking. Most of the time, they returned home being disabled and even worse, they are sending home without receiving their wages. <\/p>\n

While the TKWs also called the Indonesian domestic helpers to work abroad, their lives are controlled by their employers withhold their passports. Aside from that, they cannot even leave the current employer without the prospective employer. <\/p>\n

Several cases of abuses upon TKWs has been reported and gained worldwide attention are the executions of Indonesian domestic workers in Saudi Arabia. <\/p>\n

This October 2018, there was another Indonesian domestic worker Tuti Tursilawati<\/a>, who worked in Saudi Arabia who allegedly murder her employer in 2011 has been executed without first giving prior notice to the Indonesian government. Indonesian authorities have been outrage over Saudi Arabia’s decision. <\/p>\n

Therefore, to protect the Indonesian migrant workers in the foreseen future, the current administration of the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo has pulled the Indonesian migrant workers, specifically the TKWs home to assure their safety through providing better policies and procedures in handling Indonesian migrant workers in Indonesia and abroad. <\/p>\n

Indonesian people are hopeful that if the policies and procedures are already in place, they will prevent and stop the TKIs or TKWs from experiencing similar tragic incidents. <\/p>\n

Related words and phrases:<\/p>\n

How to say it in English \tHow to say it in bahasa Indonesia<\/strong><\/p>\n

working abroad \tbekerja di luar negeri
\nto withold the passport\tmenahan paspor
\nIndonesian migrant worker\tTenaga Kerja Indonesia – TKI
\nWomen labor\tTenaga Kerja Wanita – TKW
\nIndonesian government\tpemerintah Indonesia
\nto protect Indonesian migrant worker(s)\tuntuk melindungi TKI
\nprone to\trentan terhadap
\n-extortion \t-pemerasan
\n-exploitation\t-eksploitasi
\nphysical and sexual abuse\tpelecehan fisik dan seksual
\nhuman trafficking\tperdagangan manusia<\/p>\n

Reference:
\n-Wikipedia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the fourth largest population in the world, Indonesia has a large workforces surplus. The poverty combined with the scarcity and unitability of jobs for those with lack of education has led numbers of Indonesia specifically from the village and suburbs to seek employment abroad. They expect to earn money and hoping to improve their…<\/p>\n

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