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
Death Housemaids Lebanon Suicide
Lebanon: Nepali suicide last Sunday in Ashrafieh
January 31st, 2012
Death Housemaids Lebanon Slavery Suicide Videos
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...
Brighter future ahead for OFW domestic workers in Saudi?
January 27th, 2012
Saudi Arabia has lifted the ban on domestic workers from the Philippines, which the Kingdom had imposed since since July. The ban followed the Philippines’ demands for domestic worker protections, prompted by widespread discontent voiced by Filipino citizens and NGOs. After months of negotiat...
Reversing the blame in Saudi: another case of irresponsible media
January 24th, 2012
Gulf Housemaids Recruitment Agencies Saudi Arabia Spotlight Workers
Employment agencies, travel brokers, and other middlemen are far from innocent, praying on prospective migrants and employers alike. But the recent piece featured on Arab News seems to victimize employers – Saudis – alone, even suggesting that much of Saudi’s own reputation for human r...
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...
Gulf’s domestic workers unfairly represented in media
December 18th, 2011
Recently, Gulf newspapers have exploded with headlines decrying the dangers of maids. Every few days, a new headline surfaces reprimanding maids for their sexual exploits, their untrustworthiness, and their violent tendencies. The cumulative effect inflames an already disparaging image of foreign do...
Philippines toughens rules for maids in Gulf – can it make a difference?
November 2nd, 2011
Gulf Housemaids Sponsorship UAE Women
The kafala or sponsorship system in the Gulf should be abolished, this is an absolute prerequisite for the full personhood and humanization of domestic workers. The Philippine government's new standards for overseas domestic workers and tentative bans on 41 non-compliant host countries are praiseworthy but far from promising--it is highly doubtful that this cosmetically laudable "concrete plan" will make it far off of the pages of the government’s issuance.
Kaisa Ka (Unity of Women for Freedom)
November 1st, 2011
On October 24, 2011 the Philippines played host to the three-day Asia Regional Conference on “Advocacy towards the Ratification and Implementation of ILO Convention 189 on Domestic Workers”. With an estimated 100 million domestic workers worldwide, international labor standards that ensure the s...
30 Distressed Filipino workers seek repatriation
October 24th, 2011
Abusive employers Gulf Housemaids Oman Recruitment Agencies Trafficking Women
There are 30 plus distressed overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), all women, in Oman temporarily seeking refuge at the Philippine Embassy’s Filipino Workers Resource Center (FWRC), according to a Filipino migrants rights group providing assistance to distressed and abused OFWs. Migrante-Middle East r...
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