Jokowi wants Indonesians to stop working as maids abroad


Joko Widodo. - AFP

SOLO, Central Java: Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo wants women to stop working as domestic helpers abroad, Indonesia's Antara news agency reported.

"The practice of Indonesian women going overseas to work as housemaids must stop immediately; we should have some self-esteem and dignity," Joko said at the People's Conscious Party's second national congress on Friday.

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