UPDATES TO KAFALA
The definitive place to get the latest updates on Kafala.
February 4, 2021 | English
بعد أشهر من الانتظار، العاملات السيراليونيّات يودّعن نظام الكفالة. وفي طريقهنّ إلى المطار، يوجّهن رسالة لزميلاتهنّ
After months of waiting, Sierra Leonean workers say their goodbyes to the Kafala system. As they leave to the airport, they send a message to their colleagues
#migrantworkers #lebanon #لبنان
February 4, 2021 | English
The petitioner argued that Muslims are bound to follow the Kafala system under which a child is placed under a Kafil (guardian) who takes care of his/her upbringing, marriage and well-being, but the child continues to remain the descendant of his biological parents and not adopted.
February 3, 2021 | English
Cicely Tyson said it herself — domestic workers are powerful, and we’re using that power to build a world that lifts up care and caregivers. #CareIsEssential
February 1, 2021 | English
Despite widespread condemnation, human trafficking persists globally—an estimated 25 million people are trafficked worldwide, producing $150 billion annually for perpetrators—and the threat is only growing due to the COVID-19 crisis. To mark National Freedom Day on February 1—the culmination of January’s National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month—we have compiled CFR resources that explore how human trafficking threatens national security, economic growth, and sustainable development, and propose steps for governments, the private sector, and civil society to combat it.
February 1, 2021 | English
Matteo Renzi’s conversation with Mohammed bin Salman and joke about Riyadh's low labour costs cause stir back home.
January 31, 2021 | English
When Claudette Igiraneza first flew into Beirut airport from her home country, Rwanda, she was happy to see lots of other African women.
But when she was ordered by airport staff to go and line up with the other black women it became clear that something wasn’t right.
January 30, 2021 | English
The government has licensed 302 recruitment companies to secure jobs for Kenyans abroad. The new registrations surpassed the yearly target of 240 agencies due to a surge in demand for migrant workers abroad, according to Labor Cabinet Secretary Simon Chelugui.
January 29, 2021 | English
A recent surge in demand for migrant workers abroad moved Kenya’s government to licence over 300 recruitment companies to secure jobs for its citizens. Although the government exceeded its 240 annual benchmarks for the registration of recruiting companies, the agencies were made to undergo screening based on the government’s new regulations on labour export.
January 29, 2021 | English
New Delhi, Jan 29 : The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from Centre on a PIL seeking a gender and religion-neutral uniform law of adoption and guardianship for all citizens.
January 28, 2021 | English
This blog is written by Rima Majed, a social justice, feminist activist and Assistant Professor of Sociology at the American University of Beirut (AUB). Maged holds a PhD and an MSc in Sociology from the University of Oxford; she was a visiting fellow at the Mamdouha Bobst Center for Peace and Justice at Princeton University in 2018/2019; and her work is published in various academic journals and media platforms, including *Social Forces; Mobilization; Global Change, Peace & Security; Global Dialogue; Idafat: The Arab Journal of Sociology; Open Democracy; Middle East Eye; CNN; Al Jumhuriya and Al Jazeera English. *Dr. Maged’s research focuses on the fields of social inequality, social movements, gender and intersectionality, identity politics, sectarianism, conflict and violence.