Below is an interview we conducted with a group of elementary school students from Lebanon who chose to focus on human rights of domestic workers in their class project. For their research, the children interviewed maids about the abuse they …
Posted in Abusive employers, Housemaids, Interviews, Lebanon, Racism | 1 CommentMaids in Kuwait do not only suffer from rape and abuse that leads to suicide attempts. Recently, an Asian maid has been locked in a house in Jileeb Al-Sheiokh area and forced into prostitution for four months until she was …
Posted in Death, Housemaids, Kuwait, Suicide, Trafficking | 1 Comment20 May 2011 Migrant rights group appeals to Bahrain govt. to grant amnesty for undocumented migrants Barely a week until the lifting of the State of National Safety that was announced by the Bahrain government, fifty-four (54) undocumented migrants have …
Posted in Bahrain, Deportation | Tagged Migrant rights | Leave a commentBelow is a great video interview of The Real News Network with Dr. Adam Hanieh about the historical changes that occurred within the working class of the Gulf region since the 1950s. The program also discusses the recent popular uprising …
Posted in Bahrain, Gulf, Housemaids, Interviews, Saudi Arabia, Slavery, Suicide, UAE | 1 Comment15 May 2011 Group alerted the PH consulate to secure their safety A chapter of an alliance of Filipino migrants’ rights group providing assistance to distress overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said yesterday it received …
Posted in Abusive employers, General, Housemaids, UAE, Women | Tagged Migrants rights | Leave a commentThe Lebanese National News Agency reported on May 9 2011 the presumed suicide of an Ethiopian domestic worker, who was found dead in the bathroom of her employer’s office in Antelias, North of Beirut. She presumably hung herself, according to …
Posted in Death, Housemaids, Lebanon, Suicide | 1 CommentIf you keep an eye on Kuwaiti newspapers, you will reach the conclusion that at least two maids try to commit suicide every week, beside those of them who get raped, beaten, humiliated, or mistreated. On the 27th of April, …
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