Survey on the Perceptions of Kafala in Lebanon
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.
Our media monitoring efforts complement our advocacy work for the purpose of spreading accurate information on migrant workers and refugees to tackle misinformation, and to shift the dominant discourse that either portrays them either as helpless victims with no agency or demonizes them in scapegoating campaigns under Lebanon’s ongoing crisis.
Our communication work to that end entails giving interviews alongside MCC members to the media and to researchers, publishing a weekly news report that rounds up everything related to migrants and refugees, as well as a regular Racism Monitor in collaboration with MCC members and Akhbar Alsaha.
We strongly believe in the power of migrants to tell their own stories and influence the dominant narratives themselves.
We publish comprehensive weekly and monthly roundups of all events and media coverage related to migrants and refugees. The news reports are also posted on our social media channels, and sent to journalists and allies by email.
Given the ongoing (active and passive) campaigns against migrants and refugees in Lebanon, we see that the Racism Monitor (RM) is necessary to counter the hate speech and racist sentiments by several entities such as the media, politicians and political parties, and individual citizens in their racially-motivated attacks.
Thus, we aim, through the Racism Monitor, to document, analyze and disseminate everything related to racism in the country including, but not restricted to, the following:
Each year, ARM publishes a report summarizing all the work of the organization over the year to share with members and supporters. Our first annual report was published in 2019 and covered our entire work in 2018.
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.
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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