Domestic Workers Advocacy Network (DoWAN) released the results of their research with women from Sierra Leone currently living in Lebanon.

The testimonies of approximately 160 migrant domestic workers living in Lebanon revealed the false promises, mistreatment and violence committed by a Lebanese recruitment agency.

Kafa Organization called in a statement for including domestic work in the Labor Law by abolishing Article 7 of the Labor Law and passing a law to regulate it due to the abuse and exploitation enabled by Kafala, specifically after late 2019.

The governmental committee tasked with Syrian refugee affairs held a session on April 29 followed by a press conference where the Minister of Labor Moustafa Bayram stated that “Lebanon can no longer handle the presence of refugees.”

StoryLeb posted an interactive story narrating the typical journeys that migrant domestic workers go through after coming to work in Lebanon, with the few options they have to improve their conditions once abuse and mistreatment start at the employer’s house.

The municipality of the Northern town Amioun issued a statement asking landlords and employers of Syrian residents to monitor the latter’s movement and report any suspicious activity.

Legal Agenda publishes a leaked version of the new draft of the Standard Unified Contract (SUC) currently being worked on by the MoL.

The honorary consul of Kenya in Lebanon, Sayed Chalouhi, denounced the protest outside the consulate in an interview with Al Jazeera, making the following notorious claims about the women