Lebanese news website Elnashra.com reported last Sunday evening that, according to Lebanese security sources, a Nepalese domestic worker hung herself in her employer’s house in Ashrafieh, a Christian suburb of Beirut. Her employers discovered the body hanging on the kitchen balcony. The Lebane…
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Lebanon: Nepali suicide last Sunday in Ashrafieh
January 31st, 2012
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Indonesia Maintains Ban on Dispatch of Migrant Workers to Middle East
December 21st, 2011
The Indonesian Manpower and Transmigration minister confirmed on Sunday that that the government will not be lifting a moratorium on the dispatch of migrant workers to the Middle East due to poor work conditions. Speaking with residents of Indramayu, West Java, the minister, Muhaimin Iskandar stated...
Nepal to raise salaries for its citizens in the Gulf
December 4th, 2011
When a nation makes public commitments to improve the condition of its migrant population, there is often a large disparity between the language used and the action taken. But Nepal’s recent pledge to increase the salaries of citizens working in the Gulf may carry more credibility than most: Last...
The Philippines withdraws ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to 41 countries with poor working standards
November 9th, 2011
This post is contributed to Migrant-Rights.org by Khara Jabola. One week today, on November 2, 2011, the Philippines banned labor deployment to 41 migrant-hostile countries owing to their failure to pass certification standards set by the amended Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act of 1995. T...
Nations Consider Banning Workers from Dangerous Areas
October 7th, 2011
Several nations are considering banning their citizens from working in countries with poor records of migrant treatment. East Java is seeking to gradually limit the portion of its population working abroad across the board. Indonesia recently publicized an interim list of only four nations approved ...
Apathy in Jordan: The Classic Fashion Factory Exposed
September 28th, 2011
Abusive employers Jordan Rape Working conditions
The Institute for Global Human Rights & Law’s expose of the Classic Factory in Jordan is gaining increasing attention across media platforms. Interviews with several factory workers document the daily abuse inflicted by factory management and ignored by the Jordanian government, oversigh...
Don’t Let Her Commit Your Crime
September 13th, 2011
Housemaids Lebanon Suicide Working conditions
Last week, Kafa announced the launching of their new, long awaitned media campaign for raising consciousness on domestic workers issues, with a clear focus on the tremendously high suicide rates. Kafa is a local NGO operating from Lebanon, a country where a 2008 HRW report stated that the average de...
22 Filipino Workers Repatriated from Bahrain
August 29th, 2011
Bahrain Workers Working conditions
The Philippines’ Embassy in Manama repatriated 22 of Filipino nationals on 27 August, most of whom were undocumented workers. This is the second major repatriation project undertaken by the Philippines in 2011, the first being in January. The workers were stranded and jobless after having left...
What Does Slavery Look Like in Lebanon?
August 24th, 2011
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This week, a BCC News article by Hannah McNeish was published and shared all over blogs and portals in the MiddleEast. It was highly disseminated and created a huge buzz in the region. It spoke of an issue tackled more and more with time, but almost unexceptionally on the surface only: “maid slave...
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