More than 200,000 migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in Lebanon face potential exploitative and abusive working and living conditions. The sponsorship (kafala) system makes the worker dependent upon her ...
Over 100 Nepali workers in Jordan recently requested repatriation to escape abusive conditions at a garment factory. The factory appears to be Needle Craft Est, which carries an extensive record of ex...
Negligence in safety precautions caused several fatalities and injuries this month. Two 21-year old migrant workers died from asphyxiation while performing maintenance on a water tank at an Emrati ind...
The ILO’s landmark Convention No. 189 reinforces basic rights of decent work for domestic workers, who are traditionally excluded from labor legislation. The ITUC launched its 12 by 12 campaign in D...
A Lebanese court has postponed the hearing against Ali Mahfouz, the man captured abusing Alem Dechasa Desisa on video last year. The video was recorded in front of the Ethiopian consulate and depicted...
Sending-nations seeking to improve migrant worker conditions may induce reduced labor flows to the Gulf as states often react by pursuing cheaper and easily exploitable labor. Though tensions arising ...