Lates from Paricara

Tulungagung is a sending area of Indonesian women migrant workers. More than 20.000 Tulungagung's natives become the migrant workers. They work in some South East Asian countries such as Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, and Singapore; East Asian countries such as South Korea, Hongkong, and Taiwan; Middle East countries such as Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, and Iran; and the USA. Although the number of the migrant workers is very big, the effort to protect them is almost nothing. Therefore, Paricara is organising the communities of migrant workers in sub-district: Sendang, Ngantru, Ngunut, and Kalidawir. The effort done was by activating the meeting forum among them. The 2007 program was successful in organising approximately 500 ex migrant workers in Tulungagung. To protect the candidates of the migrant workers, since August 2007 Paricara has worked together with Indonesian worker supplier companies and Job Training House for migrant workers to conduct workshops on the prevention  and mitigation of HIV and AIDS, including stigmatisation and discrimination issues.