Wahyu Susilo

Executive Director, Migrant CARE

Wahyu Susilo, Direktur Eksekutif Migrant CARE, lembaga yang mengadvokasi para pekerja migran Indonesia yang menghadapi masalah eksploitasi dan diskriminasi di luar negeri. Pada 1989, ia memulai aktivitasnya di Komite Solidaritas Korban Pembangunan Waduk Kedung Ombo. Aksinya dalam membela buruh migran secara resmi dimulai pada 1996 dengan Solidaritas Perempuan, sebelum mendirikan Kopbumi, kemudian Migrant CARE. Wahyu mendapat penghargaan Hero Acting To End Modern Slavery Award dari US State Department, Amerika Serikat pada Juni 2007 dan Youth Asia Idol’s Asia News Net-working, Januari 2008.

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Wahyu Susilo is the Executive Director of Migrant CARE, an institution that advocates for Indonesian migrant workers who face problems of exploitation and discrimination abroad. In 1989, he began his activities in the Kedung Ombo Dam Construction Solidarity Committee. His action in defending migrant workers officially began in 1996 with Solidaritas Perempuan, before establishing Kopbumi, and later Migrant CARE. Wahyu was awarded the Hero Acting To End Modern Slavery Award from the US State Department, the US on June 2007 and the Asian Youth Idol Asia News Net-working, January 2008.

 

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