People from the village of Limbangan in Indonesia have been migrating for work since 1985 and the number of migrant workers from the village continues to rise sharply. From government data, 1502 people (out of a total village population of 8,501) worked abroad in 2008 and 1605 people from January to June 2009. In Limbangan, ATKI wanted to explore the financial and other impacts of labour migration policies and recruitment agency/employer practices on Indonesian migrant workers. In collaboration with Limbangan village residents and GAATW, ATKI initiated feminist participatory action research to achieve three objectives: first, to share experiences among families of migrant workers and women migrant workers who had returned to Indonesia; second, to analyse the findings with migrant workers and their families to identify the systemic root causes of problems affecting migrant workers; and third, to encourage action among migrant workers’ families to address the problems brought about labour migration and experienced by migrant workers and their families.