Dear friends, In September 2011, the Migrant Center opened in Nabaa as a space for women from migrant communities to meet and organize together. Now, a few activists from Anti-Racism Movement have rented out a small space right next to the Migrant Center and are turning it into a daycare center for children of migrant [...]
In a country where little, if ever, is being said about the constantly escalating death rate of migrant workers, Kudos to Kafa and to the few who speak up. BEIRUT: The nongovernmental organization KAFA: Enough Violence and Exploitation has launched a media campaign to raise awareness of the often dangerous conditions which foreign domestic workers [...]
On refuge, I thought that there was really going to be a change in my life. I didn’t know it’s grave like you die. I was thinking also about dollars. To gratify myself but nothing has changed. It’s just wasting my time on refuge which I though was really going to affect my life. My [...]
The Lebanese Madame/Mister Training Academy is pleased to invite you to sign up for our first session of classes! The Lebanese Madame/Mister Training Academy seeks to teach Madames and Misters how to treat a domestic worker who comes to live in their home with respect and dignity. It is the first course of its kind [...]
A Nigerian Worker in Dawra speaks out on conditions for migrant workers in Lebanon, sexual harassment and discrimination for International Workers’ Day 2011.
Below is an interview M-R conducted with a group of elementary school students from Lebanon who chose to focus on human rights of domestic workers in their class project. For their research, the children interviewed maids about the abuse they suffer and sought to understand the causes of this abuse. The level of understanding of [...]
As part of the Migrant Worker Task Force’s efforts for International Workers’ Day 2011, we took to the streets of Beirut and asked migrant workers THEIR opinions and thoughts on working conditions in Beirut as well their demands and hopes for International Workers’ Day 2011. This is Annette, Pulcherie and Sofie, three Cameroonian migrant workers [...]
Nelly, a migrant worker from the Philippines, speaks out about conditions for migrant workers in Lebanon, sexual harassment and discrimination for International Workers’ Day 2011. In Lebanon today there are an estimated 1 million migrant workers, of which between 3 -400,000 are domestic workers. Even though they comprise nearly one-quarter of the Lebanese population, their [...]
Interested in acting or helping out on the set of a video to spread awareness about migrant workers? MWTF is making: “Welcome to Lebanon”- The Video of the Ministry of Tourism SHOULD be showing Migrant Workers. MWTF is planning to make an Alternative Lebanon Tourism Video- whereas the traditional “welcome to Lebanon” video might highlight [...]
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