10.47313 BARGAINING POSITION OF INDONESIAN WOMEN INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT LABORS

BARGAINING POSITION OF INDONESIAN WOMEN INTERNATIONAL MIGRANT LABORS

Abstract

Unemployment rate in Indonesia is recorded 57.93 percents of total
productive-age populations, 208.54 millions people, in January 2022 (https://
www.unair.ac.id>2022/06/20). Out of the unemployment rate existing, 39.52
percent or 57.97 million populations aged 15 and above who are working are
women (BPS 2021). Considering the data of unemployment rate aforementioned,
job seekers, particularly women, migrate abroad as Indonesian migrant workers,
because they are not absorbed by the domestic job opportunities. The objective of
research is to analyze the extent to which the Indonesian female migrant workers
working abroad have appropriate skill. This research used descriptive method,
literature study, and previous studies. The result of research showed that there
are three categories of job the women can enter: housemaid, plantation (factory)
worker, and nurse or other formal sector still with limited protection.