Edition 100: Apr-June 2010 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Leaving Indonesia

As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple

Pocket money given to intending migrant domestic workers comes at a price

Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia

Despite recent government negotiations, Indonesian migrant workers in Malaysia remain disempowered

Migrant domestic workers aspire to more than their home communities can offer and are willing to take risks to change their lives

Undocumented Indonesian migrant labourers - known locally as kuli dollar - work long hours in difficult conditions in search of prosperity in Philadelphia

Indonesian fishers in Taiwan are beginning to fight back

Non-governmental organisations continue to fill the gap in the absence of viable alternatives

Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong

Leaving Indonesia

Costly inducements

Passports optional

Token gestures

A matter of luck

American dreams

Oppressed and they know it

Organising for migrant worker rights

Learning to lead

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