JALA PRT

Rule Changes

As of May 2026: Primary civil society force behind the law

For 22 years, Indonesia's roughly 4.2 million domestic workers (nearly 90% of them women) have cleaned, cooked, and raised other people's children with no legal status as employees. On April 21, 2026, that changed. On Kartini Day—a holiday honoring women's rights—the House of Representatives passed the Domestic Workers Protection Law (UU PPRT), a bill first introduced in 2004 that stalled for five parliamentary terms.

Updated May 31