Ernawati, an Indonesian worker died in Saudi Arabia. She was presumed to have commited suicide. Her family dares to disagree. They urged local authorities to perform a second autopsy on her body. They believe her death might be a direct cause of abuse and beating by her employer.
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Family of Maid Doubts Saudi Suicide Finding
August 11th, 2011
Abusive employers Saudi Arabia Suicide
Ramadan, holy month, for some
August 10th, 2011
Even in Ramadan, a month idolized by most Muslims, disrimination remains rampant and pretty obvious between different groups living in the same country. This article shows how this is happenning in Qatar. Janitorial workers employed by a number of cleaning services companies are required to work 12...
أغنية تدق الناقوس: عبودية في لبنان
August 6th, 2011
Arabic Racism Slavery Suicide Working conditions
للمرة الأولى أغنية تعبر عن وضع العاملات الأجنبيات في لبنان: العنصرية، العبودية، حالات الانتحار…أو القتل.
Sri Lanka aims to improve rights for women migrant workers abroad
August 6th, 2011
Death Gulf Housemaids Saudi Arabia Working conditions
“More attention is being given to the problems faced by the migrants,” she says. “Training for the foreign job seekers [has] been given by the Sri Lanka Foreign Employment Bureau, which is very important.” As hundreds of thousands of women leave Sri Lanka to work in foreign countries every y...
Lebanon’s Invisible Workers
August 5th, 2011
Housemaids Lebanon Racism Women
Following up on the HouseKeeper’s Training Academy proposed two weeks ago, here is a short coverage on the issue.
Migrant Domestic Workers in ADs
August 5th, 2011
Housemaids Lebanon Racism Videos
This is a new advertisement from Money Gram, intended at being funny. In one of the videos, it shows a Filipino man speaking with a Lebanese man and in the other video the Lebanese woman is speaking to a Srilankan. Reality is in both videos, it is a voice over by a Lebanese man making fun of the 2 a...
Lebanon: Chaos and Abuse Continue under the Sponsorship System
August 5th, 2011
Abuse towards workers and domestic workers remains rampant. This article, published in the Lebanese Newspaper AlSafeer, describes the situation of migrant/domestic workers in Lebanon with a focus on the weekly deaths toll which is most of the time referred to as “suicide cases” although ...
Indian Migrants Fall on Hard Times
August 3rd, 2011
Indian migrant workers in destinations such as the Middle East and Malaysia have fallen on such hard times that instead of sending money back home through the hawala (informal money transfer) system, many are receiving money from India, according to this story. This strange reversal is another indic...
The Cost of Living
August 1st, 2011
A must watch video. The Cost of Living from Pete Pattisson on Vimeo.
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