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A nineteenth domestic workers’ protest occurs in front of the Parliament Building on Friday 15 March 2024, during the Ramadhan fasting. The workers brings slogans urging the parliament to endorse the domestic workers’ protection law.
The draft law for the domestic workers’ protection is officially signed by the Parliament as a draft law by the parliament initiative on 21 March 2023.
There have been joint actions to unite Domestic Workers’ Network (Jala PRT), the Ministry of Women Empowerment and Child Protection and Presidential Staff Office.
The decision to sign the domestic workers’ protection law as a Parliament initiative is taken during a general assembly led by Puan Maharani, the head of the Parliament. Yet, after one years, there is no further progress on the law.
In one year, for example, more than 200 community organisations are united in the civil coalition for the domestic workers’ protection law and have staged actions and meetings with the Parliament in order to follow up the results of the general assembly.

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Women and culture are two inseparable words. Women play roles in culture as preserver and guardian of tradition and norms in communities. It is impossible to ignore indigenous women, as they play critical roles as change agents and in natural conservation which are essential for the survival of traditional communities.