Public Accounts of Indonesian Women Workers' Experiences Overseas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12499219 |
|---|---|
| Authors | M Ford (0000-0003-0580-975X, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 101-115 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian Journal of Women s Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1225-9276 • E-ISSN: 2377-004X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/12259276.2002.11665938 |
| OpenAlex | W1885380300 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 1 |
This research note is divided into two sections. The first contains a brief overview of Indonesian female overseas labor migration which provides the context in which press reports are written on female migrant workers experiences abroad. In the second data from a survey of 4682 press clippings is examined with reference to themes favored by activists and academics writing about female overseas migrant labor in Indonesia. It concludes indicates that the significant conformity between press coverage and activist discourse suggests that all the nuances of womens experiences working abroad may not be fully recognized in public accounts of Indonesian women workers experiences overseas. The lack of close study of these migrants is surprising given that the ever-increasing flow of migrants through Sumatra and Kalimantan (and Malaysias policy of returning undocumented migrants to the nearest Indonesian port) has drawn activists attention to and press coverage of problems associated with international labor migration in areas of Indonesia close to the Malaysian borders in recent years. Malaysias borders with Indonesia remain extremely porous despite repeated attempts to tighten controls over undocumented labor migration. Seventy-eight percent of all undocumented immigrants arrested in Malaysia between 1992 and 1995 (some 146800 people) were from Indonesia. During that same period a further 402508 Indonesians found to be working illegally in Malaysia were allowed to register as legal foreign workers. In 1996-97 over 300000 more undocumented Indonesian workers were regularized. (authors)
Context (archaeology · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Immigration · Indonesian · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,23 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2022 (19) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |