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PhotoVoice: Reaching the Light in Foreign Land

“A decent living is everyone’s hope. To reach a better life, we faced many difficulties. Similar to migrant workers who work abroad, all of the odds would be traversed to reach the light and success in a foreign land.”

Photographer:

Noviana (23 years old), or Yana, worked as the staff of Darek village government, Praya Barat Daya Sub-district, Central Lombok Regency. Yana participated as the committee of Desa Peduli Buruh Migran or Desbumi (community based data collecting through data centers) in order to fulfill her desire to know the life and ease the migrant workers’ burden.

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.