Protecting Indonesia’s women migrant workers from the grassroots: a story of Paguyuban SeruniFootnote^*

* This article was written based on the data gathered during a research funded by LPPM UNPAR in the year 2015 with the title of ‘Identifikasi Potensi Perempuan di Akar Rumput dalam Upaya Perlindungan Buruh Migran Perempuan Indonesia,’ conducted by Elisabeth Dewi and Sylvia Yazid.

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