Indonesian Erwiana ‘rises again’ with degree and drive to fight for maids globally


This picture taken on September 20, 2018 shows Indonesian Erwiana Sulistyaningsih posing at her rented room near her university in Yogyakarta. - She was once the face of abused maids in Hong Kong -- imprisoned, starved and beaten so badly she lost control of her bodily functions, but four years after her horrific ordeal made global headlines, Erwiana is a university grad and fighting for the rights of domestic helpers in the southern Chinese city and beyond. (Photo by AGUNG SUPRIYANTO / AFP)

Yogyakarta (Indonesia): She was once the face of abused maids in Hong Kong – imprisoned, starved and beaten so badly she lost control of her bodily functions.

But four years after her horrific ordeal made global headlines, Indonesian Erwiana Sulistyaningsih (pic) is a university graduate and fighting for the rights of domestic helpers in the southern Chinese city and beyond.

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