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…
Archive for the ‘Suicide’ Category
The Invisible Majority – Female Migrant Workers
February 3rd, 2010
Abusive employers Housemaids Qatar Rape Suicide
Lebanon: Update on “falling” Nepalese couple
January 22nd, 2010
As-Safir newspaper added today to Al-Akhbar’s info yesterday that the two Nepalese girls, Santi Maya (1985) and Lama Asmita (1981) fell from the third floor of Salibi tower in Jisr El Basha. The first sustained injuries and the second died. I called today staff of a reputable NGO that has offi...
Indian worker burns himself alive in the third suicide by migrant workers in Bahrain in a week
January 21st, 2010
An Indian worker set himself on fire at a labor camp in Bahrain, the Gulf Daily News reported this week. The man, Suresh Ravi, 22, locked himself in a room and then poured gasoline on himself and set himself on fire. He was found with burns covering his entire body in a room that was completely dest...
Two Nepalese girls “fell” from the balcony of a business “bringing” maids to Lebanon
January 20th, 2010
I was hoping to keep blogging less these days as this would be a positive thing in my case, but I was wrong. Today, Al-Akhbar newspaper reported that two Nepalese girls “fell” from the third floor of a building in Jisr El Basha where is located a business office for bringing migrant dom...
Two Maids Attempt Suicide in Kuwait
January 18th, 2010
The Arab Times reported this week about the averted suicide attempts by two maids in Kuwait. In the first case, an Indonesian maid in her thirties threatened to jump from high at her sponsor’s house in Omariya. The firemen and paramedics managed to talk her out of jumping after an hour. In a s...
Two Ethiopian Maids Commit Suicide in Bahrain in Less than a Week
January 16th, 2010
The Bahraini daily Al-Wasat reported on January 14 about two case of suicide and attempted suicide by maids in Bahrain within less than a week. In the first case, an Ethiopian maid locked herself in the bathroom at her employer’s home in the village of Aldih. She drank detergent and swallowed ...
Lebanon: Ethiopian maid drank detergent last Monday, died
January 14th, 2010
An Ethiopian maid, Betlehim Sh., died at the house of her employer M. M. who is the head of a municipality in Northern Maten (Mount Lebanon). Security reports indicated that she was taken to hospital last Monday after drinking a quantity of “Eau de Javel” detergent and died at 6:30 in th...
Kuwait Times Reports about the Wave of Suicides by Maids in the Country
January 5th, 2010
Housemaids Kuwait MR Site Suicide Working conditions
The Kuwait Times is the first newspaper to report about the wave of suicide and suicide attempts in Kuwait that occurred in November. Apparently they did so after reading some of our reports here on Migrant-Rights. In the first paragraph, the paper states that we’ve reported 13 cases of suicid...
Filipina slits wrists, jumps 7 floors to death in Lebanon
January 5th, 2010
Housemaids Lebanon Suicide Women
After a tip-off from a member of the public, Lebanon’s Daily Star newpaper travelled to the scene where a 28-year old Filipina worker had committed suicide. According to reporter Dalila Mahdawi, Theresa Otera Seda “plunged seven floors to her death on Monday, lying on the pavement for ho...
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