Below are excerpts from testimonies of runaway migrant workers gathered by the staff of a great Lebanese NGO, KAFA – Enough Violence and Exploitation. These testimonies appeared in their recent newsletter and shed some light on what migrant workers in Lebanon go through. Their stories illustra…
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Testimonies from Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon
March 7th, 2011
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Recruitment Agencies Slavery Working conditions
Presumed suicide of a Filipino north of Beirut
February 2nd, 2011
Lebanese newspaper As-Safir reported today the presumed suicide of Lorana Bedrioan (born in 1987), on Tuesday February 1st, by “throwing” herself from the forth floor balcony of a building in Fanar, north of Beirut. She died immediately and the police is investigating. No additional info...
Philippines Busts Lebanon-Bound Migrants Disguised as Nuns
January 29th, 2011
In one of the more bizarre stories we’ve seen recently relating to migrant labourers, the Philippine government has busted a group of Lebanon-bound migrant workers disguised as nuns in a bid to circumvent laws banning them from entering the country to domestic workers (full story here). R...
Lebanon: Ethiopian Domestic Worker ‘Commits Suicide’ in an Employment Office
January 2nd, 2011
Lebanon Recruitment Agencies Suicide
An Ethiopian domestic worker committed suicide in the offices of a recruitment agency in Lebanon on January 1st 2010, according to the National News Agency. The public prosecution charged security forces with the investigation. Originally posted here.
Lebanon: Satirical video highlights racism toward African, Asian workers
November 26th, 2010
“My Sri Lankan is Lebanese”, a video produced by the Anti-Racism Movement and Ethiopian Suicides on a cellphone as part of an interactive workshop run by the producers of Shankaboot, a popular online serial drama. For more information: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2010/...
Lebanon: Two deaths of domestic workers reported in today’s news
November 26th, 2010
Death Housemaids Lebanon Suicide
As-Safir newspaper reported today the “suicide” of two migrant domestic workers. In the first case, a Nepalese, Nebedki Sherba (born in 1983) two days ago at her employer’s house (A. D. born in 1944) in Naccache (North of Beirut) hanging from a piece of cloth from the balcony. The ...
Lebanon: Bengali domestic worker falls from a window, and dies
November 22nd, 2010
Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar reported today the death, last Wednesday, during the Ad’ha holiday, of a Bengali domestic worker, Kazol Idris, aged 24. The worker fell from the window of her employer’s house, Hassan Sh., on the third floor of a building located in the American neighborhood ...
Video: A Lebanese woman’s advice on the subject of domestic workers
November 21st, 2010
Last week, the Shankaboot team who produces a Lebanese web drama of the name Shankaboot, produced a short satirical teaser depicting a Lebanese woman talking about her maid, and advising Lebanese women on the subject of domestic workers. Madam Najem was the star of a recent Shankaboot episode entitl...
Lebanon: Ethiopian domestic worker dies while attempting to escape
November 6th, 2010
Housemaids Lebanon Working conditions
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported today that an Ethiopian domestic worker tried to escape from the house of her employers in Bshamoun, tying bed sheets together and using them as a rope, and climbing down from the 6th floor balcony. The “rope” sheets cut and the Ethiopian gir...
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