17/04/2014
Join us again this year for the 4th Annual Workers’ Day Celebration & Demand better legal protection for Migrant Domestic Workers! *Event*
For the 4th consecutive year, we will be holding a series of events to mark Workers’ Day, along with hundreds of Migrant Domestic Workers. It will be a three-day event, on May 2-3-4.
Please help us spread the word among Migrant Domestic Workers you know!
More details below:
*Friday, May 2*
11:00am – 1:00pm, Monot Theater, Ashrafieh
Book launching
“If not for the System…Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon Tell their Stories” by KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation. The event will include story telling by domestic workers, followed by Q&A session in the presence of the President of the International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF) Ms. Myrtle Witbooi
*Saturday, May 3*
4:00pm – 8:00pm, Parking facing Estral Center, Hamra:
Cultural Festival: The Other Face of Migration
Featuring:
• Photo Exhibition (Caritas Lebanon Migrant Center)
• Crafts & Food Market (Migrant Community Center)
• Sudanese & Ethiopian Concert (Insan Association)
• Ethiopian Coffee Corner (Amel International)
• Interactive Advocacy Corner led by IDWF
*Sunday, May 4*
Workers’ Day Parade & Celebration!
Led by Migrant Domestic Workers.
Departure from Dora Roundabout at 12:00pm (gathering at 11:30am), with a final celebration in Mar Mikhael Train Station starting 1:30pm
There will be FREE bus pick-up and drop off for Migrant Domestic Workers on SUNDAY, to bring people to Dora for the parade and drop them back off after the celebration.
Bus pickup times & places:
– Baabdat (Central Square): 10:00am,
– Bhannes (near Bhannes Hospital): 10:30am
– Broumana (Printania Hotel): 11:00am
– Hamra Street (near Saint Francis Church): 11:00am
– Bikfaya (Central Square): 10:30am
– Antelias (Central Square): 11:00am
– Jal El Dib (White House Hotel) 11:10am
To inquire about this statement and the context, email us or fill the form.
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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