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PhotoVoice: Peanut

“Basically, most of the people in Dulitukan Village are working as farmer. One of our plants is peanut. Due to inconsistent rainfall, the harvest cannot fulfill our household needs. With this economic constraint, we forced to work as migrant workers and return to our village to change our fate.”

Photographer:

Martina Lipat, or Mama Lipat, have worked abroad as domestic worker in Malaysia in 1988. After 10 years abroad, Mama Lipat decided to return home and continue to life along with her husband, Simon Semadu, in Dulitukan Village, Ile Ape Sub-District, Lembata Regency. Having one daughter and two sons didn’t prevent Mama Lipat, who born in 4 February 1969,  to engage in various activities in the village, such as Family Welfare Program member (Pemberdayan dan Kesejahteraan Keluarga/ PKK), community healthcare pos (Posyandu) cadre, and an active member of the migrant worker community callled Sonata.

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.