Abstract
This study investigates and analyzes various phenomena related to transnational trafficking of women in Entikong Sub-District, Sanggau Regency, West Kalimantan, from the recruitment of the departure abroad to various human rights violations experienced by Indonesian women. The qualitative analysis method is used in this study. In general, trafficking of women in the Indonesia-Malaysia border regions is a phenomenon that arises due to the lack of legal protection, both while the victims are still in Indonesia and after they arrive abroad. This phenomenon has a negative impact on ensuring legal protection for women and the impact on the emergence of human rights violations (torture, harassment, exploitation, intimidation, rape, confinement, and forced sexual intercourse.).
Highlights
Various international trafficking of women cases under the pretense of recruitingIndonesian female migrant workers (Tenaga Kerja Wanita/TKW) occurs primarily in areas directly bordering neighboring countries
It happened in Entikong SubDistrict, Sanggau Regency, West Kalimantan Province, which is near Malaysia
It is difficult to obtain accurate and reliable data on trafficking woman victims in Entikong District. Several women from this region have recently returned from Sarawak (Malaysia) and have shared their unpleasant experiences of being scammed by the traffickers posing as labor brokers
Summary
Indonesian female migrant workers (Tenaga Kerja Wanita/TKW) occurs primarily in areas directly bordering neighboring countries. It happened in Entikong SubDistrict, Sanggau Regency, West Kalimantan Province, which is near Malaysia. The majority of the trafficking victims worked in nightclubs for their Malaysian employers (hereinafter addressed as tauke). They were compelled to entertain clients/customers, and if they refused, they would be punished, tortured, confined without being fed, threatened, and subjected to other human rights violations. The rising number of trafficking cases, both directly and indirectly, has aggravated the impoverishment of Indonesian women, and law violation has become more common. Several women from this region have recently returned from Sarawak (Malaysia) and have shared their unpleasant experiences of being scammed by the traffickers posing as labor brokers
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