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April 23, 2021 | English
In Room Without A View, Spain-born, Berlin-based filmmaker Roser Corella travels to Lebanon and explores the stark reality of foreign domestic workers who work for meagre wages with a lack of basic human rights.
April 22, 2021 | English
KUWAIT CITY: A UN rights expert on Thursday urged Kuwait to abolish its “kafala” system for foreign workers which has long been criticized as a form of bonded labor or even slavery.
April 21, 2021 | English
Thousands of families in Lebanon can no longer afford to buy food. Between a collapsing economy, damage to the capital following the port explosion last August, and soaring Covid-19 cases, Lebanon teeters on the brink.
While the social and economic climate has reduced the quality of life for everyone in the country, women and girls have been disproportionately affected in ways both obvious and invisible.
April 21, 2021 | English
Statement by the Kuwait Society for Human Rights on the decision not to renew work permits for persons over 60 years old.
April 20, 2021 | English
Women and children migrant voices, especially after the pandemic, must be amplified in discussions around the Global Compact, which aims to bring world governments in line with good and safe migration governance.
April 19, 2021 | English
The current government inoculation plan will see the entire population vaccinated by the end of 2024. Vulnerable communities have grown wary of the government’s plan, as their expectations of obtaining the vaccine shrink by the day. In particular, uncertainty and doubt have spread amongst communities of migrant workers.
April 15, 2021 | English
At least 41 Sri Lankan women, the majority of whom are migrant domestic workers, have spent months on end arbitrarily detained at a deportation center in Saudi Arabia, awaiting repatriation to their home country, Amnesty International revealed today.
April 12, 2021 | English
As Lebanon’s economy and currency collapse, foreign domestic workers struggle to make ends meet, prompting many to consider returning home
April 11, 2021 | English
Lebanon's local police have disclosed that a small black bag found in the Malla area in the country's capital points at a possible murder of an Ethiopian domestic worker; promising a full investigation into the incident.
April 10, 2021 | English
The severed body of a migrant Ethiopian worker was discovered in a bag placed on a road in Lebanon’s capital Beirut on Saturday, according to local media.
The bag contained the victim’s dismembered hands and feet. Other bags were being searched in the area that could contain other body parts.