Lebanon

Guidelines adopted to streamline workers migration to Lebanon

News /

New Age Bangladesh | 5 September 2018 The government has adopted the guidelines for sending workers to Lebanon.The three-page guides made it mandatory for local recruiting agencies to select the workers registered with the database of the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training. Expatriates Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry officials told New Age that the […]

Guidelines adopted to streamline workers migration to Lebanon Read More »

Homes away from home

News /

Nepal Times | 27 April 2018 Along with horror stories of abuse of female domestic workers, housemaids from Nepal here have a different worry – they cannot go back home for holidays because a Nepal government ban on female migrant workers would prevent them from returning to Lebanon to their jobs. Many women who travelled

Homes away from home Read More »

For a fee: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon

IGO Reports /

ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative, 24 June 2015 This working paper aims to shed light on the business models of labour recruiters that facilitate the recruitment of women from South Asian countries into domestic work in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon. Focusing primarily on Bangladesh, Jordan and Lebanon, the

For a fee: The business of recruiting Bangladeshi women for domestic work in Jordan and Lebanon Read More »

Video: “Dreams for Sale: The Exploitation of Domestic Workers from Recruitment in Nepal and Bangladesh”

News /

5 January 2015, Kafa (Enough) Violence & Exploitation, Lebanon Prepared by Kafa (Enough) Violence & Exploitation, Lebanon, this video is based on a report that examines the processes and practices pertaining to the recruitment of migrant domestic workers (MDWs) from Nepal and Bangladesh and explores their work and living conditions in Lebanon. Click here for

Video: “Dreams for Sale: The Exploitation of Domestic Workers from Recruitment in Nepal and Bangladesh” Read More »

‘Dreams for Sale’: an inside look into the domestic worker life in Lebanon

News, Public /

9 September 2014, Albawaba.com Migrant worker recruitment agencies are making elaborate profits off the back of migrant domestic workers who continue to face extremely harsh labor and living conditions in Lebanon, a new report said. “The report found that those migrant domestic workers interviewed as part of this study are victims of practices that are

‘Dreams for Sale’: an inside look into the domestic worker life in Lebanon Read More »

“Dreams for Sale: The Exploitation of Domestic Workers from Recruitment in Nepal and Bangladesh to Working in Lebanon

Action Research, Public, Research /

Kafa (Enough) Violence Against Women, September 2014 On September 8, KAFA (Enough) Violence Against Women (Lebanon) released a report entitled “Dreams for Sale: The Exploitation of Domestic Workers from Recruitment in Nepal and Bangladesh to Working in Lebanon.” This report examines the processes and practices pertaining to the recruitment of migrant domestic workers (MDWs) from

“Dreams for Sale: The Exploitation of Domestic Workers from Recruitment in Nepal and Bangladesh to Working in Lebanon Read More »

Domestic worker recruitment a lucrative trade in Lebanon: report

News, Public /

8 September 2014, The Daily Star Lebanon BEIRUT: Migrant worker recruitment agencies are making elaborate profits off the back of migrant domestic workers who continue to face extremely harsh labor and living conditions in Lebanon, a new report said. “The report found that those migrant domestic workers interviewed as part of this study are victims

Domestic worker recruitment a lucrative trade in Lebanon: report Read More »

“The Kafala System: When Employers Also Accepted to Share their Perspective”

Action Research, Public, Research /

Insan Association, Lebanon – July, 2014 INTRODUCTION Years ago the issue of Migrant Domestic Workers (MDWs) in Lebanon began to surface in international media. This came as a result of efforts by civil society organizations, including Insan Association, which have worked to shed the light on the multiple violations of Migrant Domestic Workers rights. Migrants

“The Kafala System: When Employers Also Accepted to Share their Perspective” Read More »

Scroll to Top