| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, April 27, 2018 | 6:00PM - 7:00PM | External Event, 180 Doe Library UC Berkeley 6:15 p.m. |
This keynote speech is presented as part of the CSEAS conference Migrations and New Mobilities in Southeast Asia, co-sponsored by UCLA’s Center for Southeast Asian Studies and the Asian Institute at the University of Toronto. See the CSEAS conference page for the program.
Originally from East Java, Indonesia, Anis Hidayah began advocating for migrant workers in 1995 while studying at Jember University. She founded Migrant Care, a non-profit organization for Indonesians working abroad, in 2004, with an advocacy emphasis on policy change at the national and regional level and on redressing human rights abuses of overseas workers. She has been a particular advocate for Indonesian overseas workers on death row in Saudi Arabia. Her work in this area was also instrumental in supporting Mary Jane Veloso, a domestic worker from the Philippines who was sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug smuggling, but who received a last-minute stay of execution in 2015. Veloso’s case, extensively covered in the press in Indonesia and the Philippines, highlighted the vulnerability of overseas domestic workers to pressures from recruiters linked to criminal syndicates. Anis Hidayah received an Alison Des Forges Award from Human Rights Watch in 2011 and Indonesia’s prestigious Yap Thiam Hien Award for her human rights work in 2014. She is currently head of Migrant Care’s Migration Study Center (Pusat Studi Migrasi) based in Jakarta.
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