Migrant workers are often portrayed in regional media as criminals, unclean and dangerous, despite the fact that they are the weakest group in society and require protection and deserve gratitude for their hard work.
The Khaleej Times recently published a rather skewed article about housemaids commi…
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Maids Portrayed as Criminals in a UAE Paper
February 23rd, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Racism Suicide UAE
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...
Thousands of Indonesians Go Without Pay in Mid East
January 24th, 2010
Thousands of Indonesian workers in the Middle East have stopped working because they have not received their salaries, according to this article from Malaysia’s national news bureau. Indonesia recently ran a programme to repatriate over 2000 ‘problem’ migrant workers from Gulf cou...
UAE: Employer Blackmails his Former Indian Worker
January 23rd, 2010
Despite the fact that withholding of passports and blackmail are illegal in the UAE, it seems that there is a second set of rules when it comes to migrant workers. An Indian worker and his family are suffering greatly because the UAE doesn’t bother enforcing its own laws. Pravin (not his real ...
Indian Worker Kidnapped, Tortured and Starved by his Bahraini Sponsor
January 21st, 2010
A Bahraini sponsor is suspected of kidnapping and torturing his runaway worker, the Gulf Daily News reported last week. The Indian worker, K. T. Najeeb, 44, ran away from his sponsor four years ago because he was not receiving salaries, and since then was doing odd jobs to make ends meet. On January...
Sri Lankan Maid in Kuwait Severely Beaten
January 7th, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Kuwait Slavery
Al Watan Daily reports that a Sri Lankan maid was severely beaten, held against her will and not paid her salary for seventeen months. More alarming in the story, and adding to a pattern of female-headed abuses, it was the wife of the employer who subjected the domestic worker to repeated sexual, ...
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...
Saudi Arabia: Filipino Maid Abused, Discriminated for her Faith
January 1st, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Saudi Arabia Working conditions
AsiaNews carried a story yesterday about a Filipino maid who was abused and discriminated for her Catholic faith. Because of this abuse, the maid recently returned to the Philippines, before the end of her work contract. Norma Caldera worked in Saudi Arabia for seven months as a domestic worker and ...
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