Capacity Building for Migrant Worker Parents in Parenting Skills at the Gombak Utara Community Learning Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Author Biographies

• Erhamwilda, Universitas Islam Bandung

  Magister of Islamic Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah & Keguruan, Universitas Islam Bandung, Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia

• Arif Hakim, Universitas Islam Bandung

  Study Program of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Keguruan, Universitas Islam Bandung, Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia

• Nurul Afrianti, Universitas Islam Bandung

  Study Program of Early Childhood Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Keguruan, Universitas Islam Bandung, Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia

• Nabilah Nuraini, Universitas Islam Bandung

  Study Program Degree of Islamic Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah and Keguruan, Universitas Islam Bandung, Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia

• Aep Saepudin, Universitas Islam Bandung

  Magister of Islamic Education, Faculty of Tarbiyah & Keguruan, Universitas Islam Bandung, Bandung City, West Java Province, Indonesia

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