Meanwhile in the Gulf, it is the South Asian migrant workers who have built the futuristic towers of Burj Khalifa in Dubai and Abraj Al-Bait in Mecca
Qatar has been given 12 months to end migrant worker slavery or face a possible United Nations investigation.
On mothers day this year, remember thousands of moms from around the world are in Lebanon, far away from their kids, doing their best to provide for their families.
We received this photo today. It’s 2016. Domestic workers, at many times, still do not sit with the families that they work for on same table.
Being black is a politicised identity. One cannot deny that. Identifying as Arab is also a political minefield.
Study and video by KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation and Anti-Slavery International show how the already exploitive Kafala system leads to more abuse when neither employer nor employee understand it.
Sudanese refugees have been in an open sit-in in front of UNHCR headquarters in Beirut for more than three months to protest the non-transparent process and the blunt discrimination they are facing from UNHCR Lebanon
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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