Maids must know their rights

The Jakarta Post ,  Jakarta   |  Mon, 04/25/2005 3:18 PM  |  Opinion

Maids being tortured by employers in Saudi Arabia or elsewhere has become a weekly news story.

It is important to send educated Indonesians to work as maids abroad like Filipina maids. As a result, they know their rights and can seek help. No Indonesian maid should be allowed to leave the country to work abroad as a maid before taking a course -- funded by the government -- on ""living and working abroad"". This way they will be more assertive and understand what is acceptable and what is not.

LATIFFA BIBI MARIAM SULEIMAN, Jakarta

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