REFLEKSI PENGALAMAN KERJA PEKERJA MIGRAN PEREMPUAN INDONESIA DI HONG KONG: PERSPEKTIF GENDER DAN IMPLIKASINYA BAGI PENGABDIAN MASYARAKAT

Abstract

A community engagement activity held at the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia in Hong Kong on 12 July 2026 brought together 55 Indonesian migrant workers. This article revisits the activity from a gender perspective and identifies implications for future community engagement programmes. It employs a qualitative secondary analysis of programme documentation, descriptive information about seven female interviewees aged 29–40, and five anonymised participant statements previously published in an earlier report. The statements were interpreted through scholarship on the gendered division of labour, domestic and care work, agency, and critical citizenship education. Four preliminary themes emerged: adaptation was narrated mainly as the worker's responsibility; obedience could be understood as a possible survival strategy; participants voiced concerns about identity and dignity; and peer encounters created valued opportunities to exchange experiences. These observations do not establish measurable improvements in gender awareness or sustained collective solidarity. The article proposes follow-up activities centred on care responsibilities, safe dialogue, voluntary needs assessment, multi-stakeholder partnerships, and participant-centred evaluation.Its contribution is a gender-sensitive rereading of existing programme data.