Abused Ethiopian domestic worker is “the poster girl for kafala” in Lebanon
She was paraded on her hospital bed on live TV.
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Lebanon closes case of Ethiopian maid who jumped from employers’ home
Story of Lensa Lilesa and her famous employer highlights aggrevations with Lebanon’s kafala system
Trapped by the system, Ethiopian workers in Lebanon see no freedom
BEIRUT, Feb 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – It was Betty’s 22nd birthday when she landed in Beirut from Ethiopia with the promise of a well-paid job
Get your facts straight!
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.
‘Get your facts straight’ about domestic workers
Coming from African and Southeast Asian countries, migrant domestic workers in Lebanon are at an at an all time high, estimated to be between 200,000 and 250,000.
Lebanon criticizes countries that ban maids over mistreatment
Labor Minister Sejaan Azzi Wednesday rejected the notion that all foreign housemaids in Lebanon are poorly treated, criticizing countries that have banned their women from working in Lebanon and accusing embassy workers of human trafficking.
قزي يُطلق مشروع البطاقة الذكية للعمال الأجانب: لضبط العمالة الأجنبية وتوفير فرص العمل للبنانيين
أطلق وزير العمل سجعان قزي امس مشروع البطاقة الذكية للعمال والعاملات الأجانب في لبنان، والتي سيباشر العمل فيها بدءاً من مطلع العام المقبل
Urgent- Support Lydia to Go Home
Lydia’s first job was in a big house owned by a Lebanese woman.
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