In November 2009, one of Future TV’s Tawasul [Communicating] episodes was on the situation of women migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.
In that episode (published below, partly in English), International Labor Organization (ILO) senior technical specialist, Ms. Simel Esim calls for the end of…
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Lebanon: Dependency creates vulnerability, leads to exploitation (video)
April 2nd, 2010
Housemaids Lebanon Working conditions
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...
Kuwait Doesn’t Allow Migrants to Form Labor Unions
March 31st, 2010
Migrant workers in Kuwait are not allowed to form labor unions or work syndicates, while Kuwaiti employers were granted this right in the emirate’s new labor law. Much criticism has been leveled against Kuwait’s new labor law, which was passed late last year, for not going far enough and...
Every Two Days a Migrant Worker Attempts or Commits Suicide in Kuwait
March 28th, 2010
Housemaids Kuwait Sponsorship Suicide Workers
As we at Migrant-Rights.org continue to monitor the situation of migrant workers in the Middle East, the frequent reports on cases of suicide by workers in Kuwait continue to draw our attention. We have previously covered the phenomenon when during November 2009 there were 13 reported cases of suici...
A Casket of Dreams: Deaths of Nepali Migrants Overseas
March 26th, 2010
This feature, ‘A Casket of Dreams’ appeared in the Kathmandu Post recently, one of Nepal’s leading English language dailies. Deepak Adhikari investigates the impact of the all-too-common phenomenon of deaths of Nepali workers overseas on their families. A Casket of Dreams One dri...
Tales from the Gulf’s ‘Back End’
March 25th, 2010
Readers of Migrant Rights might be interested in this review of Drumbeat, a novel by Egyptian writer Mohammed Al-Bisatie. The novel, now available in English translation through AUC Publications deals with the lives of migrant workers in the UAE. The entire native population of a tiny, unnamed Emira...
Nepali Labourers Strike in Saudi
March 25th, 2010
Saudi Arabia Workers Working conditions
Thirty Nepali cleaners have gone on strike at King Abdulalziz International Airport in Saudi Arabia over poor working conditions and unpaid wages, according to this article in Maktoob Business. The workers, who have been protesting since Feb 8th, say that their passports have been confiscated, and t...
Lebanon: Sri Lankan Suicide
March 19th, 2010
The Lebanese National News Agency reported today that, in Jal El Dib (Christian suburb of Beirut), Sri Lankan maid, Ambagla Mudian Silage (born 1980) jumped from the window of Al Rabih employment office located at the fourth floor of Hafiz Abu Jaoude building. She died instantly after her head was c...
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...
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