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        "id": 1692075,
        "msgid": "mpr-deputy-chair-states-domestic-workers-protection-law-can-safeguard-household-workers-1776790277",
        "date": "2026-04-21 22:41:01",
        "title": "MPR Deputy Chair States Domestic Workers Protection Law Can Safeguard Household Workers",
        "author": "",
        "source": "DETIK",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The Deputy Chair of the MPR, Lestari Moerdijat, has hailed the enactment of the Domestic Workers Protection Law (UU PPRT) as a concrete step towards empowering millions of women in Indonesia by providing legal safeguards against exploitation. Passed after 22 years of deliberation, the law addresses the vulnerabilities of over 4 million predominantly female domestic workers who previously lacked specific protections in labour regulations. Moerdijat emphasised the need for immediate follow-up actions, including nationwide socialisation, accessible complaint mechanisms, and enforcement of sanctions to ensure the law's effective implementation.",
        "content": "<p>Deputy Chair of the MPR RI, Lestari Moerdijat, stated that the\nenactment of the Domestic Workers Protection Law (UU PPRT) represents a\nconcrete step towards realising emancipation for millions of women in\nIndonesia, as the law is able to protect domestic workers.<\/p>\n<p>She expressed this in a written statement responding to the enactment\nof the UU PPRT, which coincides with Kartini Day today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe values of RA Kartini\u2019s struggle to realise women\u2019s emancipation\ncontinue to live on to this day. Emancipation without legal protection\nis merely rhetoric. The birth of the UU PPRT today is hoped to be able\nto break the chain of exploitation in the domestic sphere experienced by\ndomestic workers,\u201d said Lestari Moerdijat in her statement on Tuesday\n(21\/4\/2026).<\/p>\n<p>After being submitted and discussed 22 years ago, the Domestic\nWorkers Protection Bill was enacted as the UU PPRT in a plenary session\nof the DPR RI in Jakarta.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the enactment of the UU PPRT is a momentum to\naffirm that the state is now present for marginal groups who have lived\nfor decades without guarantees.<\/p>\n<p>Data from the Ministry of Manpower in 2025 records that there are\nmore than 4 million domestic workers (PRT) in Indonesia, dominated by\nwomen. Ironically, they have not been specifically protected under\nlabour law until now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWages are often unclear, there is no health guarantee, and they are\nvulnerable to various forms of violence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She revealed that several important points regarding protection\nassurances, such as social security, health, and employment, are\nregulated in the UU PPRT.<\/p>\n<p>Lestari believes that the enactment of the UU PPRT is the initial\nstep to realise comprehensive protection mechanisms for domestic\nworkers.<\/p>\n<p>Several concrete follow-up steps must be carried out immediately,\nsuch as massive socialisation to all regencies\/cities in Indonesia so\nthat society understands the content of the UU PPRT in full.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn addition, the establishment of quick and easily accessible\ncomplaint mechanisms, as well as appropriate sanction enforcement\nmechanisms for violators of the law, must be realised immediately,\u201d she\nstated.<\/p>\n<p>According to her, the mandate of the UU PPRT must be guarded together\nuntil protection for domestic workers is truly realised in practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Kartini in one of her letter quotes mentioned \u2018After darkness\ncomes light\u2019, the UU PPRT is the light for domestic workers whose flame\nwe must strive for and maintain together,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>",
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