A Kuwaiti sponsor was seen beating his Asian worker with an iron rod near the Indian Embassy in Kuwait City as the police did nothing to stop him, the Arab Times reported this week.
The worker went to the embassy to seek protection from his abusive sponsor, but did not reach his destination when his…
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Kuwaiti police stands idly by as a sponsor beats his worker
April 24th, 2010
Abusive employers Kuwait Legal cases
Op-Ed Calls on Saudis to Respect Maids According to the Principles on Islam
April 14th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s “Arab News” published an excellent opinion article about rights of domestic workers in the kingdom. The writer, Turki Al-Dakheel details the various forms of abuse maids are exposed to including sexual harassment, passport confiscation and physical abuse, and states ...
Animation: Protect the human rights of migrant workers in the Middle East
April 9th, 2010
Abusive employers Gulf MR Site Slavery Videos
We have created this PSA animation to note that for far too long, migrant workers have been an invisible majority in the Middle East. They are rarely discussed in the media and receive little protection from the governments of host countries, many of whom have no clear policies for safeguarding the...
Increase in Registered Cases of Abuse of Indonesian Maids in Abu Dhabi
April 2nd, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids UAE
The Khaleej Times reported yesterday about a significant increase in the number of cases of abuse registered at the Indonesian embassy in Abu Dhabi. According to the embassy, most of the complaints are about unpaid wages and work overload while other complaints are about physical and sexual abuse. I...
Himal Southasian Runs Story on Migrant Suicide Epidemic
March 16th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Suicide Videos Women
Himal Southasian, a regional journal, has carried a story on suicides of migrant women in its online edition, written by Sophia, our Nepal-based editor. You can read the full story here, and also see some clips from Kesang Tseten’s work-in-progress Saving Dolma. We are eagerly awaiting this fi...
Jordan: Foreign housemaids suffer harassment and abuse
March 10th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Jordan Suicide Working conditions
Below is the translation from Arabic of an article that appeared in the Jordanian daily Al-Dustur last month. Foreign housemaids suffer harassment and abuse Amman – Al-Dustur Newspaper – Fares Al-Habashneh 13 February, 2010 Foreign housemaids in Jordan are slowly but surely beginning to raise t...
Saudi Media Acknowledges that Sponsor Abuse Drives Maids to Suicide
March 7th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Saudi Arabia Suicide
The Arab Times, Saudi’s leading English-language paper recently published a report about the prevalence of suicide by housemaids as a result of abuse and maltreatment. Most recently, a 30-year-old maid committed suicide in Saudi on February 26. Below is the article by Arab Times. This article ...
Modern-Day Slavery in the UAE: Unpaid Filipino Maid Beaten and Starved for Years
March 2nd, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Slavery UAE
A Filipina housemaid was starved, abused, kept locked inside and not given salaries for three years by her employers in the UAE, Khaleej Times reported last month. The woman, Baina Mokalam (27) came to work for a Egyptian family in the UAE as a maid three years ago. Baina said that whenever she aske...
Lebanon: “The rights of 90% of maids are violated”
February 24th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Lebanon Suicide Working conditions
Lebanese television NBN aired a 22-minute interview, on the evening of Monday 22 February 2010, with Dr. Ahmad Ayash, head of a psycho-social studies center, and Mr. John Cassabli, owner of a business which bring maids to Lebanon. The latter acknowledged the detrimental role of many businesses in th...
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