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July 5, 2019 | French
Plusieurs dizaines de travailleuses domestiques ont manifesté le 1er mai à Beyrouth contre leurs conditions de travail : victimes de maltraitances, des domestiques immigrées au Liban se suicident ou meurent régulièrement en tentant de fuir le domicile de leur employeur. Et comme la loi libanaise n’autorise pas les étrangers à créer un syndicat, certaines communautés sont contraintes de trouver elles-mêmes des solutions pour s’entraider face aux abus. Notre Observatrice est la coordinatrice de la communauté sri-lankaise.
May 28, 2019 | English
A grassroots movement has developed in the past decade to campaign against the restrictive 'kafala' system
May 22, 2019 | English
When Sanjaya Bholan heard about the organization This Is Lebanon, he sent a message to its Facebook page pleading for help. Dipendra Uprety answered back the same day in August 2017.
May 21, 2019 | Arabic
نشر موقع قوى الامن الداخلي مقطع فيديو يظهر عودة العاملة الاثيوبية الى مخدوميها بعدما تاهت في شوارع بيروت. وفي التفاصيل التي اوردها قوى انها ذهبت للاتصال باهلها فتاهت في شوارع بيروت. وساعدتها فصيلة راس بيروت على العودة الى منزل مخدومتها بعد تعميم صورتها عبر شعبة العلاقات على وسائل التواصل الاجتماعي.
May 20, 2019 | English
Calls to abolish Lebanon’s kafala sponsorship system for migrant domestic workers have been on the rise after recent high-profile reports detailed shocking levels of abuse, in line with years of similar evidence.
May 20, 2019 | English
Calls to abolish Lebanon’s kafala sponsorship system for migrant domestic workers have been on the rise after recent high-profile reports detailed shocking levels of abuse, in line with years of similar evidence.
May 12, 2019 | English
Treating other humans with dignity and respect does not require the Lebanese to wait for new laws. It simply requires them to act with common decency.
May 6, 2019 | English
On the occasion of Workers Day this year, this is a short and simple call to pay the woman who cleans your house a little more than you did last year.
May 5, 2019 | French
Beyrouth (AFP) - Des centaines d'employées de maison immigrées au Liban ont manifesté dimanche dans la capitale Beyrouth, réclamant l'annulation du système de parrainage qui régit leur activité et les expose aux abus des employeurs.
May 2, 2019 | English
or decades, migrant domestic workers in Lebanon have complained of rampant abuse at the hands of their employers. Stories of unpaid wages, being locked into the homes where they work, of violence and sexual assault are all commonplace.