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December 20, 2020 | English
Various attempts to dismantle Lebanon’s heavily criticized domestic worker sponsorship program have failed over the years, and now, new research shows that some in Lebanon benefit financially from the system, leaving little impetus for a corrupt ruling elite to abolish it.
December 18, 2020 | English
Media portrayals of domestic workers commonly feature extreme examples of abuse, obscuring the distinctive expertise which domestic workers bring to the table.
December 18, 2020 | English
Today is #InternationalMigrantsDay and an opportunity to remember the hundreds of thousands of "helping hands" for Lebanese families for whom 2020 was very challenging as well. Read Ralph Tarraf's (Ambassador of the European Union to Lebanon) op-ed in the
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December 18, 2020 | English
Charities have been helping to repatriate stranded domestic workers, but thousands are still waiting to return home
December 18, 2020 | English
A group of Sierra Leonean returnee women is raising awareness on 'slavish' working conditions they experienced when working in Lebanon under the 'Kafala' system
December 17, 2020 | English
PRESS STATEMENT ON INTERNATIONAL MIGRANTS DAY 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION.
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE JOURNALISTS INTERNATIONAL FORUM FOR MIGRATION (JIFORM), LAGOS, NIGERIA.
December 16, 2020 | English
SPACES OF LABOR (PRE-ORDER) Spaces of Labor is an examination of the way the capitalist exploitation of racialized and gendered workers uses space as a means to enforce itself and, in turn, how these same workers appropriate this space in their forms of resistance. Some of the issue’s contributions come from laborers themselve. The Ibis Paris Batignolles […]
December 16, 2020 | English
BEIRUT: The Ethiopian Consul General to Lebanon Tuesday urged the Lebanese government to improve the rights for domestic migrant workers in Lebanon.
December 14, 2020 | English
As a series of compounding crises propel hundreds of thousands of Lebanese into poverty, refugees and migrant workers in the country—more than a fourth of Lebanon’s population of nearly seven million—confront even starker challenges. In addition to discrimination and a lack of legal protections, they face harsh competition over limited jobs and resources.
December 14, 2020 | English
It is time to abolish the Kafala employment system, a legal employment framework and hostile immigration system that effectively ties a worker’s legal status to their employer.