Mrs Durga is a 33 year old Indian national currently imprisoned in Bahrain. She was working as a housemaid for a Bahraini employer, but was paid only BD20 per month instead of BD50 promised to her in her contract, after an Indian employment broker based in Bahrain claimed most of her salary as a …
Archive for the ‘Bahrain’ Category
Bahraini Lawyer Dismisses Rape of Asian Migrant as ‘Fun’
March 9th, 2009
A young Filipina working in Bahrain is struggling for justice after her kidnap and rape by three local men was dismissed by a lawyer as an act of ‘fun’, according to the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights (BCHR). As a recent release from BCHR to co-incide with International Women’s Da...
Bahrain Labour Camp Upgrade Efforts Stall
March 3rd, 2009
Efforts made by Bahrain’s Migrant Workers’ Protection Society (MWPS) to improve conditions in labour camps have stalled due to the unwillingness of owners to co-operate, reports Geoffrey Bew in Gulf Daily News. The MWPS had pledged in August ’08 to spend BD5000 (US$13,263) on a s...
No Law To Protect Domestic Workers
February 2nd, 2009
Abusive employers Bahrain Gulf Housemaids Legislation Women Workers
Manama- The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) has formed a special committee to work on the rights of domestic worker which includes compulsory day off, medical insurance among other privileges. Suad Mubarak, Assistant general secretary of women and child affairs at the GFBTU said &...
No Action on Bahrain Open Truck Ban
January 4th, 2009
Bahrain Gulf Workers Working conditions
Bahrain has postponed the implementation of a ban on the dangerous practice of transporting construction workers to and from work in open trucks after protests from private companies. The ban was meant to come into effect on January 1st 2009, but was shouted down by businessmen who claimed that the ...
Bahrain: Workers need Laws, not “Understandings”
November 17th, 2008
Migration and Domestic Helpers is a great source for information and analysis of issues concerning migrant rights and domestic workers. The latest post is a great follow up to our previous one: Image from Middle East Report, No. 211 “Keeping Migrant Workers in Check: The Kafala System in the ...
Hope for domestic workers in Bahrain? Time will tell
November 16th, 2008
Arab News gives us a reason to be optimistic in their most recent coverage of domestic worker rights in the country: MANAMA: The General Federation of Bahrain Trade Unions (GFBTU) has formed a special committee to work on the rights of domestic workers, including a compulsory weekly day off and heal...
Indian workers and housemaids to get protection in Bahrain
November 13th, 2008
A joint agreement between Bahrain and India gives us hope about the status of Indian workers and housemaids in the country. According to Gulf Daily News, the leading English daily in Bahrain: A COMPREHENSIVE labour agreement that aims to protect the welfare of Indian workers and housemaids is to be...
Poor safety causes death of 3 workers in Bahrain
October 27th, 2008
Bahrain Workers Working conditions
We have written previously about the poor working conditions and lack of safety for migrant construction workers in the Gulf. It was such working conditions that unfortunately led to the death of 3 workers in Bahrain: Anil Kumar (India), Badala Raju (India), and Kamal Amin Sharif (Bangladesh). The ...
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