When she was able to escape she realized she was in the middle of a growing crisis of women in similar situations. Thousands of domestic servants were dumped on the street with nothing when the Lebanese economy crashed in 2019. Many of them are still there, waiting for the world to hear their stories.
Slavery in 2020
Yimer traveled from her native Ethiopia to Yemen in search of work, and took a job as a domestic servant in Lebanon. She was promised a fair wage and the right to make decisions about her life, but soon found herself trapped inside the house with no money or even her passport.
English | June 27, 2020
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