Lembaga Advokasi Buruh Migran Indonesia (ADBMI)
Expertise of services
- Policy advocacy on the protection and empowerment of migrant workers communities
- Migrant workers legal case monitoring and handling (counseling, legal aids).
- Community education on safe migration, reproductive health, HIV/ AIDS, remittance management.
- Education and Guidance in remittance management and entrepreneurship, among others by establishing a Cooperative of Serba Usaha BUMI RAYA.
- Pre placement orientation for migrant workers
Vision
Fulfillment of constitutional rights (economic, social, political, health) of Indonesian migrant workers and their families
Mission
- Assessment of social phenomena to be conceptualized as a reference for social action in empowerment of migrant workers and their families.
- Encourage the establishment and strengthen the organizations of migrant workers at various levels.
- Develop mechanisms to oversee policy on regulating labour issues and on budgeting in the field of labor issue.
- Assistances to resolve legal cases both in and out of the court.
- Encourage economic independence and employment of migrant workers and their families by leveraging remittances and local potentials in their respective communities.
Target Groups
- Prospective migrant workers
- Migrant workers
- Families of migrant workers (children and spouses)
- People who are potential to become migrant workers
- Women who are engaged in the migration process
Key Programs
- Opening access to internet based information for village residents.
- Increase the number of paralegal and counselors in and from the communities, and develop network of paralegals to provide legal aids to victims of migration.
- Improve preparedness of prospective migrant workers and their families (guidances to plan the migration).
- Increase awareness of the community members on migrant workers issue and human trafficking issue using local art performance.
- Economic empowerment of migrant workers - communities by conducting training on small business development, mediation with financial institutions, as well as assisting migrant workers - communities to develop a marketing network.
- Integrate gender equality into safe migration education.
Others
- Training on safe migration and distribution of communication, information and education materials, in collaboration with IOM (International Organization Migration), January - June 2011
- Development of module on Community Discussion for Gender Equality as part of New Male Movement, in collaboration with Rifka Annisa - OXFAM Australia, July 2011 - September 2012
- Preparing Supporting Human Resources to Integrate Gender into Empowerment Program for Migrant Workers Communities, in collaboration with OXFAM Australia, November 2011 - January 2012
