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PhotoVoice: Women Scraping the Mung Beans

“Commonly, the people in our village is working as farmer. Each year, we must plant corn, mung beans, and peanuts to help our daily life, but it was not sufficient. Thus, the only way to help our life is by becoming a migrant worker to pay our children’s school fee, establish a house, etc.”

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Having an elementary education degree doesn’t mean someone cannot give a contribution to their society. As a proof, Kresensiana Teri or Sensi, a cadre of migrant worker group in Beutaran Village, Ile Ape Sub-District, Lembata Regency, East Nusa Tenggara, has a role as an organizer. She was a former domestic migrant workers (2011-2012). Now, she is proud with her new photography skill. It increases her capacity as a cadre.

About PhotoVoice: Voices of Women through Photographs

This is  one of 48 photos taken by 21 former women migrant workers, their family members and supporters, who live in six villages in Lombok (West Nusa Tenggara/NTB) and Lembata (East Nusa Tenggara/NTT).  The story of the photo and the photographer profile is available in the image displayed.

Through photos, they voice their concerns, needs and achievements.  They also use these photos to record changes in their lives and the lives of people around them and to communicate the challenges faced in their daily lives.

Their photos were exhibited in two national events: the National Conference of Women of Women Inspiring Change (May 2015, in Jakarta) and the National Jamboree of Migrant Workers (November 2015, in Jember, East Java). A story about them is written by a journalist from Kompas, Meidiana, and published in Kompas printed newspaper on Sunday, December 13, 2015. The trainings were done by a consultant from London, UK, named PhotoVoice.