A new Human Rights Watch (HRW) report about the rights of migrant domestic workers focused heavily on the Middle East, and for a good reason: most regional governments do not include domestic workers under the protection of its labor laws, and the current regulations leave domestic workers open to e…
Archive for the ‘Rape’ Category
Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East: Exploited, Abused and Ignored
April 30th, 2010
Abusive employers Bahrain Housemaids Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Legislation Racism Rape Saudi Arabia Sponsorship Suicide Trafficking UAE Working conditions
Safe Haven for Indonesian Migrant Babies
April 19th, 2010
Baby Nayla was born to an Indonesian migrant worker in the bathroom of a Saudi jail last year. Her mother, Rahma, who had been working as a maid, was raped after she left the house of her employer, who had been withholding her wages. , was jailed for not having any papers on her (they had been confi...
Kuwait’s “Arab Times” Apparently Amused by a Maid’s Rape
April 14th, 2010
On April 10th, Kuwait’s Arab Times reported about the rape and kidnapping of an unnamed Indonesian maid by a police officer. This report is an appalling example of the regional papers’ disregard to migrant and women’s rights. Kuwaiti press in general (except for Ben Garcia, a staff...
Bahrain: Two Asian Men Arrested for Rape of an Indonesian Maid
February 23rd, 2010
Bahraini security officials have detained two Asian men in connection with the alleged gang rape of an Indonesian housemaid. Officials from the Interior Ministry announced that two expatriates were arrested and further confirmed that not nine men raped the women according to earlier reports. Accordi...
The Invisible Majority – Female Migrant Workers
February 3rd, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Qatar Rape Suicide
by Khara J Jabola-Carolus for Migrant-Rights.org One of the last (two) countries where divorce is illegal and where the ruling Catholic elite maintains a staunch anti-reproductive rights stance, the island nation of the Philippines boasts a staggering population of 90 million people and (exponential...
Abused and Injured Filipino Maid Trapped in Lebanon
January 27th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Rape
The following ordeal of an abused Filipino worker is all too common in Lebanon. As we and others have documented, suicides by maids in Lebanon is an unfortunate result of this sort of abuse and feeling of helplessness. Gina (not her real name) is a 21-year-old Filipina who was brought to work in Leb...
Raped Filipino Worker Faces Lashing after Miscarriage in Saudi Prison
January 20th, 2010
Prisoners Rape Saudi Arabia Women
GMA News TV (Philippines) reported today about an alarming development in the case of a Filipino worker who was raped in Saudi-Arabia this August and jailed for it. After miscarrying the fetus, the woman now faces lashing before being released. As we’ve previously reported, the woman who worke...
Kuwaiti Sponsor Rapes his Maid
January 15th, 2010
The Kuwaiti paper Arab Times reported this week about an Asian maid who was raped by her sponsor after asking to stop working for him. The maid reported about difficulties working for the family and requested that the sponsor return her to the recruitment agency that he hired her from. The sponsor p...
Filipino Maids in Lebanon Recount Abuse
January 6th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Rape Working conditions
The Philippine channel GMA TV reported last week about the return of over 100 Filipino workers from Lebanon. The Philippines officially has a ban on sending workers to Lebanon, and those repatriated entered the country illegally. Two such worker described the abuse they and fellow domestic workers e...
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