The Women Migrant Workers: The Role Changing and The Strive in The Family

Being a woman migrant worker is not only a woman’s decision but also a whole family. It means that every consequence during and after being a migrant worker becomes a whole family’s responsibility not the woman. Unfortunately, the problem belongs to and only for the woman. The woman is perceived as the only person who takes responsibility for all the consequences that occur while being a woman migrant worker whether positively or negatively. This writing exposes how the woman experiences the change of role and strive in maintaining their right and responsibility as a wife, a mother, and also a daughter for their parents. The qualitative approach with phenomenology design with an interview and observational study is performed in this study about the life of women migrant workers. The result of this study shows that the woman is in the position of dualism changing and strive as a member of the family and the “double power” becomes the strength for them in their family.