The Jordan Times recently reported about a brutal case of abuse of a 28-year-old Indonesian domestic worker in Jordan. Jordanian authorities are suspecting that the employer of the maid, who is a doctor, abandoned her near the Amman Health Directorate earlier this month. The health authorities rushe…
Archive for September, 2009
Jordan: Gravelly Ill Indonesian Maid Abandoned by Employer
September 30th, 2009
Abusive employers Housemaids Jordan
CSR Report Highlights Dire Labour Standards in the Middle East
September 24th, 2009
General News Workers Working conditions
British CSR consultancy Maplecroft has released a report (Human Rights Briefing – Labour Rights in the Middle East) highlighting poor labour standards in the Middle East. The report deals with issues affecting both local and migrant workers, including forced labour, sexual abuse and dangerous ...
Abolishing Kuwait’s Sponsorship System: A Step Forward?
September 18th, 2009
Kuwait’s Social Affairs and Labor Minister Dr. Mohammed al-Ifasi recently announced that the government plans to abolish the sponsorship system in the country. The system requires every migrant worker to have a local employer as a sponsor in order to get a work permit. The foreign worker can&#...
Qatari Company Fires 529 Nepalis – and Fails to Pay Wages
September 14th, 2009
A Qatari construction company has fired 529 Nepali workers after running into financial difficulties caused by the global recession, according to this article in Nepalnews. The labourers, recruited in Kathmandu through Nepali brokers Trikon Manpower, had not been paid for four months. Pensaltica, th...
Passport Confiscation Still Rife in Middle East
September 13th, 2009
The practice of withholding the passports of migrant workers is still rife among employers in the Middle East, according to this recent post by blogger and M-R.org reader Sreekrishnan. Construction workers and maids are routinely forced to hand over their passports to their employer when they start...
Maid in Morocco
September 6th, 2009
This article, by Sarah Alaoui, was published today on Mideast Youth: “Here you go, akhti Sarah,” she said, while carefully pouring the lukewarm water from the bronze kettle. I watched as it slowly dribbled over my outstretched hands, and splashed into the small plastic tub she carried in her oth...
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