July was a tough month for Saudi Arabia. Here, we link to several articles which sum up the situation in the kingdom before Ramadan.
Amid recruitment bans, illegal maids increase wage demands.
No more domestic workers to Saudi from Philippines and Indonesia.
The present alternative plan is to fill t…
Another troubling month passes in Saudi Arabia
August 6th, 2011
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...
Migrant House in Beirut
August 5th, 2011
The Anti Racism Movement is opening up a space soon to serve as a house for migrants and domestic workers to come meet, organise, discuss, plan events, work on cases, etc… Check the poster, blog, or fb page to see how you can help and/or what you can contribute with.
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.
Demand for domestic help grows in Saudi Arabia
August 5th, 2011
The huge demand for domestic staff in Ramadan has resulted in shooting up wages of illegal housemaids up to 150 per cent, according to market sources. Normally Saudi families depend heavily on the domestic staff during Ramadan. There are several agents actively engaged in the illegal trade of supply...
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 ...
World is a messy place …
August 4th, 2011
* This piece is a guest post from Junaid and presents his personal experiences in Saudi Arabia. * Abdul Rahman is a Bangladeshi national in his mid-forties. He sells Miswaak in front of my mosque. It is a very common practice here in Saudi Arabia, where labourers do several day jobs to earn decent ...
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...
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