Refleksi: Keledai disinonimkan sebagai lambang kebodohan. Sekalipun demikian ada ucapan yang mengatakan bahwa: "keledai tidak akan tersentuk dua kali pada batu yang sama". Bayangkan saja keledai yang bodoh itu tidak akan tersentuk dua kali pada batu yang sama, nah bagaimana dengan manusia Indonesia dengan TKWnya?
Pengiriman TKW ke Arab Saudia dipromosikan oleh Depertamen Tenaga Kerja Pak Harto dibahwah pimpinan menteri Laksamana Sudomo. Pengiriman TKW ini sudah berjalan lebih dari 20 tahun lalu. Sejak pengiriman pertama telah terjadi berbagai masalah dengan TKW, ada yang diperkosa, dipukul, malah tidak dibayar gaji dsb. Tiap tahun kekejaman lama timbul lagi, tetapi pemerintah Indonesia agaknya tetap saja berlagak pilon dan perlakuan tidak adil terhadap TKW berjalan terus. Apa latar belakang pemerintah Indoensia bertingkah laku demikian sulit diperoleh keterangan, apakah ada konkalikong para petinggi negara dengan kedok agama dibawah naungan departemen agama hanya bisa berupa spekulasi saja. Satu hal yang pasti dan patut menjadi catatan abadi ialah bahwa di Tanah Suci tidak semua orang dan benda adalah suci. Solusi terbaik dalam melindungi wanita Indonesia ialah dihentikan pengiriman TKW ke Timur Tengah! Dengan dihentikan pengiriman TKW ini tidak berarti pintu gerbang surga pun ditutup Alloh. http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=66981&d=15&m=7&y=2005 Friday, 15, July, 2005 (08, Jumada al-Thani, 1426) More Than 500 Indonesian Maids Await Repatriation M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News RIYADH, 15 July 2005 - More than 500 Indonesian maids are currently stranded in Saudi Arabia awaiting repatriation. This includes about 300 housemaids, serving prison terms in jails across the Kingdom. Jakarta is currently studying measures aimed at protecting the interests of Indonesians working abroad. "Some maids were arrested and sent to jail for serious offences like theft, forgery and murder, but a large number of them were booked for minor crimes," said M. Sukiarto, labor attache at the Indonesian Embassy, yesterday. Sukiarto could not say when they will be released from the prison. "There are over 200 maids stranded in safe houses alone in Riyadh and Jeddah awaiting deportation." He said that the Indonesian diplomatic missions had set up two temporary boarding facilities called "safe houses" where runaway maids or female workers facing problems, are housed. The maids are repatriated back to Jakarta when their cases are settled with the sponsors and a formal clearance from Saudi government agencies is obtained. In many cases in the past, Sukiarto said that the embassy sought the intervention of the Saudi officials to settle the problems or resolve legal complexities. "A large number of our women workers, mainly those serving prison terms inside the jails and reformatory centers of the Kingdom, are granted royal clemency by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Fahd every year, enabling them to reunite with their families back home," said the embassy official. He said that the Indonesian Embassy received between 10 to 15 complaints a day about mistreatment, non-payment of salaries and sexual harassment. More than 853 Indonesians complained of mistreatment by their employers in Saudi Arabia last year alone. Nearly a quarter said they had not been paid. Others complained of torture or maltreatment. Unscrupulous private employers, recruitment agents and sponsors are often blamed for such labor exploitation. There are nearly 600,000 Indonesian women workers in Saudi Arabia. The embassy together with a few private organizations, is also working to set up task force in nine Saudi cities to look after the female workers. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] WM FOR ACEH Bantu korban bencana gempa dan tsunami di Aceh dan Sumatra Utara! Rekening BCA Kantor Cabang Pembantu (KCP) Koperasi Sejati Mulia Pasar Minggu No Rek. 554 001 4207 an. Herni Sri Nurbayanti. Harap konfirmasi sebelumnya ke [EMAIL PROTECTED] atau HP 0817 149 129. Milis Wanita Muslimah Membangun citra wanita muslimah dalam diri, keluarga, maupun masyarakat. Situs Web: http://www.wanita-muslimah.com ARSIP DISKUSI : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/messages Kirim Posting mailto:wanita-muslimah@yahoogroups.com Berhenti mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Keluarga Islami mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Milis Anak Muda Islam mailto:majelismuda@yahoogroups.com This mailing list has a special spell casted to reject any attachment .... Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wanita-muslimah/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
