Several Lebanese media sources reported today that the body of Ethiopian domestic worker Paltishi Hendor, born in 1989, was found in the home of her employer in Gazir, Keserouan. She was hanging from her neck from women’s socks. Jounieh police is investigating. No additional information was gi…
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Lebanon: Presumed suicide of an Ethiopian domestic worker today
February 2nd, 2012
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Uproar against Lebanon’s Murr TV (MTV) comedy show denigrating migrant domestic workers
February 1st, 2012
It was meant to be funny. But Murr TV’s (Lebanese MTV) “Ktir Salbe” comedy show’s take on migrant domestic worker turned out to be racist, denigrating and dehumanizing towards these persons. The show featured a 5 minute act where a couple was “negotiating” with a ...
Lebanon: Nepali suicide last Sunday in Ashrafieh
January 31st, 2012
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Lebanese news website Elnashra.com reported last Sunday evening that, according to Lebanese security sources, a Nepalese domestic worker hung herself in her employer’s house in Ashrafieh, a Christian suburb of Beirut. Her employers discovered the body hanging on the kitchen balcony. The Lebane...
Lebanese Minister of Labor promises to abolish sponsorship “kafala” system
January 24th, 2012
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On Monday 23 January 2012, Lebanese Minister of Labor Charbel Nahas declared unacceptable that the Lebanese continue to hire foreign labor they violate the rights, as they continue to rush to the gates of the embassies in search of work and foreign passports. He added: “I am against the confin...
“My Shame: A Lebanese in Madagascar”
January 5th, 2012
Encounters between migrants and citizens are generally presented as those between migrants and civil society organizations, or between migrants and their employers, sponsors, or government officials. Joey Ayoub shares the unique perspective he held as a Lebanese in Madagascar – as a citizen fr...
Lebanon: 20-year old Ethiopian domestic worker “falls” from 3rd floor, dies
December 27th, 2011
Lebanese National News Agency reported today that in the region of Haddath (South-East of Beirut), 20-year old Ethiopian domestic worker, Hana Ashalohaili, “fell” from the 3rd floor balcony of her employer’s house, Sarkis Antonios Ibrahim Boutros. She died and her body was immediat...
Lebanon: Suicide of an Ethiopian Domestic Worker in Tyr
November 16th, 2011
According to Lebanon’s National News Agency, an Ethiopian worker, Janet M. K., hung herself today using a laundry rope from the ceiling of the house of her employer in Bazourieh in Tyr, South Lebanon. This suicides comes one day after CNN produced a damning report on abuse of domestic workers ...
UN urges Lebanon to Protect Domestic Workers
October 20th, 2011
The UN’s Special Rapporteur on modern day slavery is urging Lebanon to address the plight of its domestic workers. Gulnara Shahinian recounted conditions of the migrants she met in Lebanon; sexual abuse, contract violations, unfair hours, and domestic servitude regularly punctuated their exper...
Meet the Migrant Workers Task Force
October 9th, 2011
The Migrant Workers Task Force (MWTF) is a volunteer driven organization that promotes migrant rights in Lebanon; compromised of ordinary Lebanese and non-Lebanese civilians, students, and migrants themselves, the Task Force powers several different programs, including language classes, fundraising ...
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