Urgent Call for Support
An African couple, from Kenya and Nigeria, work in Lebanon and have been living in Nabaa with their child for the last 2 years.
Category: News
Why don’t we know if anti-trafficking initiatives work?
Over fifteen years after the UN Trafficking Protocol was adopted, the evidence available to determine how much progress has been made in combatting human trafficking remains very limited.
Race and exploitation in the Gulf
Kafala has been discussed in the context of modern slavery and exploitation, and its misuse has also allowed for the facilitation of sex trafficking.
Claiming rights under the kafala system
Over the past 10 years, international organizations and NGOs in the Middle East have launched advocacy campaigns, submitted legislative proposals, and offered a variety of legal and socio-medical services to migrant domestic workers.
‘Traffickers take all that makes you human’: faces of modern slavery – in pictures
Survivors of human trafficking recount how they were raped, abused, and exploited as they became 21st century slaves.
How Bangladesh sold its future to the Gulf states
Bangladesh’s independence coincided with the rise of the Gulf states’ oil wealth. The UAE, Saudi Arabia, and later Qatar had money to burn and an almost insatiable appetite for migrant workers.
Migrant Forum in Asia Statement on International Domestic Workers Day
Today, June 16, Migrant Forum in Asia (MFA) joins domestic workers and all who struggle with them in celebrating the International Domestic Workers Day.
ILO launches journalism fellowship to improve reporting on labor migration in the Arab States
The ILO, in partnership with the Ethical Journalism Network, launched a six-month Labour Migration Journalism Fellowship Programme.
Migrant construction workers feel the squeeze
Hidden behind high stacks of red metal scaffolding and directly adjacent to two large buzzing generators that emit the noxious odor of burning diesel, about 10 Syrian workers live in two makeshift shacks.
إشتركوا في النشرة الإلكترونية
نعمل في حركة مناهضة العنصرية بجهد على العديد من النشاطات والمبادرات المختلفة. معظم نشاطنا تعدّ في الإمكان بفضل فريق من المتطوعين/ات يعمل مع فريقنا الأساسي بشغف و إخلاص.
حركة مناهضة العنصرية هي حركة شعبيّة أنشأتها جهات شبابيّة ناشطة في لبنان بالتعاون مع عمّال وعاملات أجانب. نعمل معًا في الحركة على توثيق الممارسات العنصرية والتحقيق فيها وفضحها ومحاربتها من خلال مبادرات وحملات عديدة. تمّ إطلاق حركة مناهضة العنصرية عام 2010 عقب حادثة وقعت في أحد أكثر المنتجعات البحرية الخاصّة المعروفة في بيروت.
