Photo

PhotoVoice: Baking Cake with Firewood

“Although we only can afford firewoods to bake cakes, we are still passionate about it. Because from selling these cakes, we could add our family’s income and we could also safe some money without going abroad to work as a migrant worker.”

Photographer:

Kadija Ema Tuan, or Dija, is a member of migrant workers group called Oto Sela in Tagatiwi Village, Ile Ape District, Lembata Regency, East Nusa Tenggara. Born in 1985, she was a migrant worker in Malaysia (2004-2005). After PhotoVoice training, she always her camera with her. People think it is funny, but it does not deter her.

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.