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Marriage Promise: Living in Trauma

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EMANUEL EDI SAPUTRA / SONYA HELLEN SINOMBOR
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Relatives of the 29 Indonesian women who are believed to be victims of a “mail-order bride” human trafficking scheme attend a press conference on 23 June 2019 at the Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH).

A number of women agreed to marry Chinese and Taiwanese citizens because they wanted to improve the financial condition of their families. However, the marriages only made them miserable. They learned that they were victims of human trafficking conducted through a marriage scheme, either a regular marriage or contract marriage, after experiencing physical, psychological and sexual violence while in Taiwan and China.

F,31, a resident of Singkawang city, West Kalimantan, is one of the victims. She, the daughter of a farmer, was the victim of a marriage scheme with a Taiwanese man in 2005. She accepted the offer from a matchmaker to get married to a Taiwanese man to improve her family\'s financial situation.

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