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Employer agreed to pay her for these next 2 months because he desperately needs her to help with a newborn grandchild. (Probably means no sleep at night for her now) Still says he will not pay bonus even though wife has shown him that it is required. My wife also reminded him that she is to have time off for Eid or receive double pay if working. He didn't like hearing that.
Had my Zoom meeting with Attorney General's personnel in Jakarta. This group is most interested in Trafficking. What I took away from it was that this does not look like a trafficking situation but definitely an employee being exploited. In these cases the employee needs to talk and report to the police. In her case since she can not, they will send what information we have, a name and a city, to the police in Padang. They did tell me that I shouldn't keep my hopes up of anything like a rescue simply because the police are not fast movers unless their is some kind of reward for them and before they find her if they do at all, she may be already home.
I was told that Indonesia does have a help line for domestic workers facing problems. They did not know the number but told me it didn't do much good. If it's answered at all, they hardly ever do a follow up to the complaint.
One officer told me that Indonesia instructed nation wide that in every village, anyone who plans on working outside Indonesia is questioned and if good receives a letter to take to Immigration to process their passport. Not all villages follow this guideline and many just process a passport on their own.
We discussed what was needed to slow down trafficking. I suggested that they need to license Agents that can recruit workers and to be licensed they need background checks. That every time someone or some group is deported for working in another country illegally, upon return each individual needs to be interviewed as to how they got their job and if someone recruited them from here to name them. Those are the people that need to be cracked down on. Sure, some get recruited for a job but no one knows that they will be doing something else until they get there.
We discussed how Indonesia needs to do a much better job in reaching the especially poor families so they know the dangers of being recruited and to know the signs that something is not right. Primarily the young females at risk. With that came 6 women officers all mentioning how in Indonesia the treatment of women is that of a second class person and it is taught since early childhood. While religion plays a big roll, it is also imbedded in their culture.
That led to other discussions of education and early marriage for poor females. Always nice to talk to these people. Next topic for the next meeting, With an unlimited amount of money, what business would you start that could aid Indonesia's future? I do this every couple weeks. It is an English exercise. They have to have all conversations in English. It's good practice for them and it's always a nice time keeping each one available for the meetings involved. Today, all females.
Had my Zoom meeting with Attorney General's personnel in Jakarta. This group is most interested in Trafficking. What I took away from it was that this does not look like a trafficking situation but definitely an employee being exploited. In these cases the employee needs to talk and report to the police. In her case since she can not, they will send what information we have, a name and a city, to the police in Padang. They did tell me that I shouldn't keep my hopes up of anything like a rescue simply because the police are not fast movers unless their is some kind of reward for them and before they find her if they do at all, she may be already home.
I was told that Indonesia does have a help line for domestic workers facing problems. They did not know the number but told me it didn't do much good. If it's answered at all, they hardly ever do a follow up to the complaint.
One officer told me that Indonesia instructed nation wide that in every village, anyone who plans on working outside Indonesia is questioned and if good receives a letter to take to Immigration to process their passport. Not all villages follow this guideline and many just process a passport on their own.
We discussed what was needed to slow down trafficking. I suggested that they need to license Agents that can recruit workers and to be licensed they need background checks. That every time someone or some group is deported for working in another country illegally, upon return each individual needs to be interviewed as to how they got their job and if someone recruited them from here to name them. Those are the people that need to be cracked down on. Sure, some get recruited for a job but no one knows that they will be doing something else until they get there.
We discussed how Indonesia needs to do a much better job in reaching the especially poor families so they know the dangers of being recruited and to know the signs that something is not right. Primarily the young females at risk. With that came 6 women officers all mentioning how in Indonesia the treatment of women is that of a second class person and it is taught since early childhood. While religion plays a big roll, it is also imbedded in their culture.
That led to other discussions of education and early marriage for poor females. Always nice to talk to these people. Next topic for the next meeting, With an unlimited amount of money, what business would you start that could aid Indonesia's future? I do this every couple weeks. It is an English exercise. They have to have all conversations in English. It's good practice for them and it's always a nice time keeping each one available for the meetings involved. Today, all females.