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Susan Meiselas - INDONESIA and SINGAPORE. Domestic maids.
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled to a completely separate terminal, Terminal 3. Domesti...
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Using each other for practice, women learn to care for the elderly at Pt. Ceger
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Prospective domestic workers may be confined in training centers for months whil
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Women practice caring for babies in preparation to be domestic workers, Pt. Sumb
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Women practice caring for babies in preparation to be domestic workers, Pt. Sumb
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Women practice caring for babies in preparation to be domestic workers, Pt. Sumb
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Using each other for practice, women learn to care for the elderly at Pt. Sumber
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Women practice making beds at Opp Asosiasi Pengelola Pelatinan Training Center,
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Women practice cleaning toilets at Opp Asosiasi Pengelola Pelatinan Training Cen
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Women learn to vacuum at Opp Asosiasi Pengelola Pelatinan Training Center, which
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Training centers placing women in the Middle East often offer religious instruct
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Training centers may have hundreds of recruits waiting for placement at a time.
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Sri (not her real name), 27, whose employer in the Middle East abused her, recov
Balearjo Village, Indonesia. Mohammed, 27, holds the photograph of his wife, Dewi, 26, who has been away f
INDONESIA. Balearjo, East Java. 2006. Suprianto, 27, with a photograph of his wife, Widyaningsih, 27, who
Suprianto, 27, with photograph of his wife, Widyaningsih, 27, who has been away for two years in Singapore
Sign outside sponsors home, Balearjo Village, Indonesia.
INDONESIA. East Java. 2006. Ati stands in front of her home. She had a negative experience working in Mala
INDONESIA. East Java. 2006. Haseenah (not her real name), 39, stands in front of her new home, built with
INDONESIA. East Java. 2006. Tina (not her real name) sits in front of the new home her sister has built af
Kasmiati, 32, has built her home after being a domestic worker in Hong Kong for 4 years, Sumbarkajar Villa
INDONESIA. Malang, East Java. 2006. Many women in rural Indonesia work as farmers, either on their family'
Woman selling food alongside the rice fields outside Malang, Indonesia
INDONESIA. Malang, East Java. 2006. A young woman completes paperwork to enter a labor recruitment center
INDONESIA. Malang, East Java. 2006. A labor recruiter measures a new recruit to prepare a biodata that wil
INDONESIA. Malang, East Java. 2006. A new recruit, age 21, sits with her parents before saying goodbye. Mo
INDONESIA. Malang, East Java. 2006. Young women are obliged to clean the facilities of the training center
INDONESIA. Malang, East Java. 2006. Prospective domestic workers take a rest during their lunch break at P
INDONESIA. Malang, East Java. 2006. Young women learn cooking as part of their preparation to be domestic
INDONESIA. Malang, East Java. 2006. Young women learn about electrical appliances used for cooking as part
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. A group of domestic workers leave Hang Nadim airport in transit to Singapore and M
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Young women in transit to Singapore and Malaysia wait with their labor agent in a
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Dozens of domestic workers arrive at Hang Nadim airport everyday in transit to Sin
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Young women in transit to Singapore and Malaysia wait with their labor agent in a
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Young women wait for their labor agent in a special section of Hang Nadim airport
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Domestic workers at the Batam International Training Center. The Indonesian govern
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. An official checks the documents of domestic workers arriving at Hang Nadim airpor
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Young women wait for their labor agent in a special section of Hang Nadim airport
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Young women wait for their labor agent in a special section of Hang Nadim airport
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Young women wait for their labor agent in a special section of Hang Nadim airport
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Young women wait for their labor agent in a special section of Hang Nadim airport
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. A group of domestic workers at Hang Nadim airport. "TKI-Singapura" is a sign for m
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. An Indonesian labor official processes documents for women domestic workers migrat
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Approximately 150 domestic workers have fallen to their deaths from high-rise buil
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Domestic workers line up to pass through Immigration before they board a boat to S
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Domestic workers examining their passports on a boat from Batam to Singapore. This
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Domestic workers resting while in transit from Batam, Indonesia to Singapore by fe
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Ani (not her real name), expressed nervousness about how her labor agent and emplo
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Young women on a boat from Batam to Singapore for employment as domestic workers.
Singapore Harbourfront Terminal. Domestic workers newly arrived from Batam, Indonesia, wait to be picked u
SINGAPORE. Singapore Harbourfront Terminal. 2006. Domestic workers newly arrived from Batam, Indonesia, wa
SINGAPORE. Singapore Harbourfront Terminal. 2006. Domestic workers newly arrived from Batam, Indonesia, wa
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Domestic workers in a training center based at the labor agent's home line up for
INDONESIA. Batam. 2006. Domestic workers in a training center based at the labor agent's home line up for
SINGAPORE. Singapore Harbourfront Terminal. 2006. An agent checks the documents of domestic workers recent
SINGAPORE. Singapore Harbourfront Terminal. 2006. Domestic workers newly arrived from Batam, Indonesia, wa
SINGAPORE. 2006. An agent takes domestic workers recently arrived from Batam, Indonesia to a waiting van.
SINGAPORE. 2006. Many domestic workers begin their workday early by washing their employer's car or by wal
SINGAPORE. 2006. Kartini (not her real name), 23, from East Java, on her daily routine which includes long
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers' daily routines may include taking young children and infants to the par
SINGAPORE. 2006. A 23 year old domestic worker from Central Java on her daily routine in the park, taking
SINGAPORE. 2006. A prospective employers sifts through biodatas for domestic workers provided by a Singapo
SINGAPORE. 2006. A prospective employer sifts through biodatas for domestic workers provided by a Singapor
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers awaiting transfers to new employers sit outside an labor agency in a sho
SINGAPORE. 2006.
SINGAPORE. People's Park Shopping Center. 2006. Advertisement for a maid agency.
CENTRAL SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers take advantage of their day off to participate in a hairstyling class at Masjid Mujahidin.
SINGAPORE. 2006. Advertisement in front of a maid agency in a shopping center. Many agencies compete for p
INDONESIA. Karawang. 2006. Nuryani, with her mother, Mayamung, says goodbye before departing for one of th
INDONESIA. Karawang. 2006. Nuryani, with her son, Dani, says goodbye to her father before departing for a
SINGAPORE. 2006. Advertisement in front of a maid agency in a shopping center. Many agencies compete for p
SINGAPORE. 2006. Prospective employers at an employment agency in a shopping center search for a domestic
SINGAPORE. 2006. An agent's domestic worker trains a newly arrived young woman how to perform cleaning tas
EAST SINGAPORE. 2006. Sutami, from Sumatra, has worked for six years with an extended Malay family living
Daily life in the village of Karawang, Indonesia.
INDONESIA. Karawang. 2006. In some villages, the men are the ones left behind as most young women are in t
INDONESIA. Karawang. 2006. Heri, the husband of Sari, is one of many men left behind by domestic workers h
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
SINGAPORE. 2006. Potential employers interview domestic workers at an employment agency in a busy shopping
INDONESIA. East Jakarta. 2006. Labor recruiters process women from rural West Java seeking employment as d
SINGAPORE. 2006. Syrani, a single parent herself, takes care of 3 children for the last 4 years, leaving h
INDONESIA. Karawang. 2006. Sari, 28, and Nuryani, 20, begin their journey to a labor recruitment agency in
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
CENTRAL SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers take advantage of their day off to participate in a computer cla
SINGAPORE. 2006. A potential employer interviews a domestic worker at a labor agency.
Daily life in the village of Karawang, Indonesia.
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers shopping on their day off at Clementi Center.
SINGAPORE. 2006. Potential employers interview a young woman seeking a transfer. They asked about her Engl
SINGAPORE. 2006.
INDONESIA. Karawang. 2006. Nuryani, 20, holds her one yr. old son, Dani, the day she leaves for a two-year
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers who have not received their wages, faced abuse, or had other problems fr
SINGAPORE. 2006. Mina, 27, washes the windows at a high-rise condominium. Approximately 150 domestic worke
SINGAPORE. 2006. An employment agency in a busy shopping center prominently displays images of domestic wo
INDONESIA. Karawang. 2006. Sari, 28, with her husband Heri, just before her departure for domestic work in
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers who have not received their wages, faced abuse, or had other problems from their employers at a shelter at the Indonesian emba
SINGAPORE. 2006. Prospective employers review two domestic workers at an employment agency located next to
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers meeting other migrant laborers on their day off at Clementi Center. Dom
SINGAPORE. 2006. Mina, 27, washes the windows at a high-rise condominium. Approximately 150 domestic worke
SINGAPORE. 2006.
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
INDONESIA. Karawang. 2006. Sari, Nuryani, and other women seeking jobs in the Middle East as domestic work
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers shopping on their day off at Clementi Center. Domestic workers are exclu
EAST SINGAPORE. 2006. Eton, holds her employer's child on a rainy day. She is beginning her second contrac
SINGAPORE. 2006. Prospective employers at an employment agency in a shopping center search for a domestic
SINGAPORE. 2006. The reflection of an advertisement for an $8 agency fee falls on a Filipina domestic work
SINGAPORE. 2006. Searching for a caretaker for an elderly relative, potential employers consider the domes
SINGAPORE. 2006. Twice a day, domestic workers awaiting employment go outside and clean the windows and si
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers who have not received their wages, faced abuse, or had other problems fr
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers meeting each other on their day off at Clementi Center. Domestic workers
INDONESIA. Jakarta. 2006. Migrant workers returning to Indonesia via the airport in Jakarta are channeled
SINGAPORE. 2006. Potential employers interview a young woman seeking a transfer. They asked about her Engl
SINGAPORE. 2006. Domestic workers meeting other migrant laborers on their 'day off' at Clementi Center. D
SINGAPORE. 2006. Surani, a single parent of a seven-year-old son in Indonesia, has taken care of 3 childre
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