Urgent Call: IOM Should Open Shelters for Displaced and Stranded Migrant Workers in Lebanon
We need urgent intervention to ensure that an emergency shelter is set up by the IOM for stranded and displaced migrant workers and communities in Lebanon.
We need urgent intervention to ensure that an emergency shelter is set up by the IOM for stranded and displaced migrant workers and communities in Lebanon.
Lebanon is at war, and marginalized communities need our help now more than ever. As an anti-racist organization, we’re committed to supporting those often overlooked in humanitarian emergencies.
This document serves as a resource hub for anyone responding to the needs of migrant workers in Lebanon following the Israeli escalation.
For years, migrant workers in Lebanon have repeatedly expressed their frustrations with their diplomatic representatives, specifically, their honorary consuls. Their protests were only met with indifference to the workers’ struggle and hardships of life under Kafala.
In 2023, ARM took on a research project to try and discover how the economic crisis changed the perceptions of the Kafala system in Lebanon.
This paper historicizes and analyzes the informal community-organizing of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon in addition to providing recommendations and ways forward to support and strengthen their work. This paper is based on research conducted in August and September 2023 with activist migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.
Ce document historicise et analyse l’organisation communautaire informelle des travailleuses domestiques migrantes au Liban, tout en fournissant des recommandations et des pistes pour soutenir et renforcer leur travail. Cette publication est basée sur des recherches menées en août et septembre 2023 auprès de travailleuses domestiques migrantes qui militent au Liban.
🎧 Présentation de Femmes Coupables – un podcast mettant en vedette des travailleuses domestiques migrantes au Liban, partageant leurs histoires et leurs luttes pour surmonter les difficultés de la migration.
🎙️ 4 épisodes abordant des expériences personnelles de migration et de réfugiés qui sont souvent laissées de côté par les médias.
🎧Introducing Women of the blame (Femmes Coupables) – a podcast featuring migrant domestic workers in Lebanon, sharing their stories and their struggles to overcome migration difficulties.
🎙️4 episodes tackling personal experiences of migration and refugees that are often left out of media coverage.
At the Anti-Racism Movement (ARM), we are constantly working on a multitude of different activities and initiatives. Most of our activities are only possible with the help of dedicated and passionate volunteers who work in collaboration with our core team.
The Anti-Racism Movement (ARM) was launched in 2010 as a grassroots collective by young Lebanese feminist activists in collaboration with migrant workers and migrant domestic workers.
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