SOME 19 years after it was first proposed, some of the members of the House of Representatives (DPR) still do not see the Domestic Workers Protection Bill as important. Perhaps because the bill is not relevant to the interests of the political elite, the DPR and the government are not serious in pushing for it to be passed. This is despite the fact that this law would protect millions of Indonesians.

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