I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Journal of Governance Volume 7 Issue 3, September 2022 (787-796) (P-ISSN 2528-276X) (E-ISSN 2598-6465) http://dx.doi.org/10.31506/jog.v7i3.17109 787 A Brief Perspective on the Existence of Indonesian Domestic Worker M Dian Hikmawan 1 *, Gilang Ramadhan 1 1 Government Department, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa *Correspondence Email: dian.hikmawan@untirta.ac.id Received: 18 March 2022 ; Revised: 13 August 2022; Accepted: 20 September 2022 Abstract: This study tries to elaborate on the dynamics that are happening to domestic workers (PRT) in the Indonesia. Very basic issues for female domestic workers include sexual violence, social welfare and child labor. The most serious is the work of underage girls, which makes research very important to do. By using a qualitative method with a political ethnographic approach. This research is expected to map the dynamics and provide a comprehensive picture of what challenges can be used as policies for Indonesian public discourse especially in Banten province in order to overcome these problems. Keywords: Domestic Worker, Female Worker, Policies Introduction Domestic workers in Indonesia are very interesting and important to discuss, in addition to a developing issue, namely the law on domestic workers, which is still in the process of tug-of-war in the DPR. The only regulation that regulates the protection of domestic workers that exists is the Minister of Manpower Regulation No. 2 of 2015, and even then, there are still many shortcomings in its implementation in the field. The first is related to the facilities received by domestic workers, such as housing, health, religious facilities, and social security, which must be fulfilled by employers and which are difficult to track and review considering that domestic workers live together under the same roof in the employer's house. Then the next question is how to calculate the income earned by domestic workers because they occupy the employer's residence. In general, domestic workers receive salaries without thinking about their basic or primary needs because they are considered to have been fulfilled by the employer, such as food and bed needs, so the context of the formulation of salaries based on a decent living requirement approach cannot be applied here. The last is how efforts to prevent domestic workers from violence by employers have not been explicitly regulated so that the impression of the presence of the state in this regulation is still merely lip service. Domestic workers legally in Indonesia have the same rights as other professions because Indonesia has a constitution that prohibits slavery. However, their social status sociologically places them in the lowest social strata of society and makes them vulnerable to discrimination and violence. The low level of education means domestic workers have no bargaining power when faced with their rights. So far, the relationship between domestic workers and employers has rules of the game that are only played by both parties, so it will be difficult to find a balance of rights and obligations and the