UPDATES TO KAFALA
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October 23, 2020 | English
October 22, 2020 | English
The British newspaper, The Telegraph, published an report titled “‘I want to leave but I’m scared’: Pandemic increases risk of violence for Gulf’s domestic workers” in which it reported allegations of housemaids in Kuwait stating that they were subjected to ill treatment and during the outbreak of Corona epidemic it increased.
October 21, 2020 | English
The growth of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, spurred by the killing of George Floyd in Minnesota, USA, has reopened a much-needed debate in American society about the persistence of structural racism. Ethnic or racial discrimination, however, is a global phenomenon, present in virtually every corner of the globe, and the Arab world, with its long tradition of slavery, is no exception. The huge fallout from the protests in the US has provided equality activists in the Arab world with a chance to tackle a serious taboo in the public arena: racism towards Black people.
October 21, 2020 | Tagalog
Noong October 21, 2020 – nag-anunsiyo ang Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development (MHRSD) ng Saudi Arabia na sa 2021 ay i-aabolish na ang Kafala System.
October 20, 2020 | English
A new report by Amnesty International reveals how migrant domestic workers employed in Qatar have been pushed to breaking point by extreme overwork, lack of rest, and abusive and degrading treatment. The organization spoke to 105 women who had been employed as live-in domestic workers in Qatar, and found that their rights were still being abused and violated despite government reforms aimed at improving their working conditions. Some women said they had been victims of serious crimes such as sexual assault.
October 20, 2020 | French
Dans un nouveau rapport, Amnesty International révèle que les employé·e·s domestiques étrangers embauchés au Qatar sont poussés jusqu’au point de rupture par la surcharge extrême de travail, le manque de repos et les traitements abusifs et dégradants. Après avoir mené des entretiens avec 105 femmes travaillant comme employées de maison et logées par leur employeur au Qatar, elle a constaté que leurs droits sont toujours piétinés et bafoués malgré les réformes mises en œuvre par le gouvernement pour améliorer leurs conditions de travail. Certaines affirment avoir été victimes de graves infractions, notamment de violences sexuelles.
October 20, 2020 | English
One in every 130 women and girls worldwide is living in modern slavery, according to the new Stacked Odds report launched by Walk Free and Every Woman Every Child. Child marriage is a serious problem worldwide, and research suggests that the phenomenon will become more widespread due to the impact of COVID-19 and its prevention responses. It remains an area where we must protect the progress made so far, and work together to achieve gender equality and ensure that all women and girls live up to their full potential.
October 20, 2020 | English
Lockdown measures, put in place to stem the spread of the virus, have put already vulnerable domestic maids under more pressure
October 19, 2020 | English
A young lady, Yaa Baby Oparebea Asare who travelled to work as a house help in Saudi Arabia and some other countries in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has narrated her harrowing ordeal.
October 18, 2020 | English
The second international migration summit by the Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM) ended on Friday at the Pensioners FM, Ibadan, Oyo State with a call to the African leaders to deliver good governance to halt continued enslavement of the Africans in other continents through irregular migration. The conference themed: Migration governance and media strategy […]