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Journal : Indonesian Journal of Social Work

THE SOCIAL PROTECTION RIGHTS FROM PRE & POST-PLACEMENT WOMEN MIGRANT WORKERS PERPECTIVE Istianah Istianah; Johanna Debora Imelda
Indonesian Journal of Social Work Vol 4 No 1 (2020): August 2020
Publisher : Politeknik Kesejahteraan Sosial Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31595/ijsw.v4i1.288

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Migrant workers’ social protection rights include the rights to access healthcare services, medication, social services, and social security. Social security branch applicable for migrant workers are for instance social insurance, universal coverage, provident funds, individual private accounts, employer-liability schemes, and social assistance. Indramayu as the highest migrant workers sender district until April 2019, is also a district with the highest complaint in 2018 and several cases related to social protection. With 148 total cases reported from Indramayu leads to the question of whether women migrant workers from Indramayu understand social protection and its function to protect them and prevent them from poverty. Therefore, this study aims at providing an overview pertaining social protection rights to migrant workers based on the perspective of pre and post-placement women migrant workers from Indramayu District with Hongkong, China as the host country. This is historical-comparative qualitative study with purposive sampling to 10 pre and post-placement women migrant workers. The findings demonstrated that social security obtained by the women migrant workers from Indramayu is social insurance from the home country and healthcare insurance for workers from the host country. At the host country, women migrant workers are protected with healthcare insurance from the employer while at the home country, women migrant workers are protected with social insurance for migrant workers known as BPJS Ketenagakerjaan TKI, whose occupational injury and death insurance schemes are mandatory for all migrant workers. For women migrant workers, healthcare insurance in the host country is much more crucial than BPJS for TKI. It is expected from the findings of this study could be considered by the stakeholders of migrant workers to enhance and to extend the coverage of protection for migrant workers especially woman migrant workers.
INSURANCE AS A FORM OF SOCIAL PROTECTION FOR WOMEN INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS Versanudin Hekmatyar; Istianah Istianah
Indonesian Journal of Social Work Vol 6 No 2 (2023): IJSW
Publisher : Politeknik Kesejahteraan Sosial Bandung

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31595/ijsw.v6i2.587

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Social protection is a right obtained by the migrant workers. Based on statistics in 2019, the number of women migrant workers was 44% higher than men migrant workers. Social protection is a guarantee provided by the government to protect its citizens who work both in country and abroad. This study aims to describe how women migrant workers interprets the social protection provided to them, especially related to health insurance. Health insurance is an obligation of the government, both the government of the country of origin and the recipient country for workers. This research was conducted on 5 women migrant workers in Hong Kong. The women migrant workers are them who are currently working or who have returned to Indonesia either because of the contract period has ended or because of layoffs. The study demonstrates three meanings of social protection for women migrant workers: assistance, security, and equity. Women migrant workers are able to interpret the social protection based on their experiences.