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After 4 years of harsh labor, Ethiopian worker Brihane was repatriated without receiving her $3,600 in owed wages - a shocking story exposing Lebanon's Kafala system exploitation and weak protections for migrant workers.
Kadie endured 16 months of unpaid wages, abuse, and wrongful imprisonment—just for demanding her salary.
THE VIDEOTHE STORYKhadija, 26, Sierra Leonean, was orphaned at an early age. In order to support her children she made the difficult decision to work abroad. Her cousin was a recruiting agent and offered to find her work in Lebanon. She sold everything she owned, including her mobile phone, to raise the money required to […]
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This Is Lebanon started to give a voice to domestic workers. Less than two years later we became the hotline for domestic workers in Lebanon.
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