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October 14, 2021 | English
October 12, 2021 | English
He thought he had found the job of his life, but ended up captive and forced to work for free.
Athenkosi Dyonta, a 30-year-old barista, worked at a café in George Town, a popular vacation spot in his native South Africa.
October 9, 2021 | Swahili
Alidhani amepata ajira ya ndoto yake , lakini aliishia kuwa mhanga wa kufanyishwa kazi bila malipo.
October 3, 2021 | English
Tigets last saw her son when he was 2 years old, before she left Ethiopia to find work in Lebanon that would allow her to support him.
September 29, 2021 | English
29 September 2021
The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights today completed its review of the third periodic report of Kuwait on measures taken to implement the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, inquiring about the situation of domestic workers and the rights of women, among other issues.
September 27, 2021 | Indonesian
Investigasi terhadap kepemilikan asing atas klub sepak bola Australia mengungkap kaitan dengan seorang eksekutif Indonesia, yang dipenjara karena skandal pengaturan pertandingan besar dan tuduhan sport washing oleh salah satu negara Arab terkaya.
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Penulis : Bernadette Aderi Puspaningrum
Editor : Bernadette Aderi Puspaningrum
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September 25, 2021 | English
The story of migrant labor has two polar opposite faces in Bangladesh—one is the “success story” of hard-earned foreign exchange being sent back to the country by our dedicated migrant workers, keeping their families afloat and propping up the economy as well. The other side of that story is one of vulnerability, exploitation and the dehumanising of migrant workers, turning them into products for sale in a market where the cheaper the cost of labor, the higher the margin of profit.
September 22, 2021 | English
hilippines President Rodrigo Duterte has renewed his call for the abolition of the kafala or sponsorship system in Gulf countries, saying it was “unjust” and permits the “exploitation” of millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs).
September 18, 2021 | English
My parents, both full time workers, it was difficult for them to raise 2 children on their own. Thus, in 2005 (I was 2 years old my brother was a couple of months old), Didi (the nanny) became part of our family. She was a filipino in her early twenties who came here to support her family financially.
September 16, 2021 | English
Gender equality cannot be achieved in Lebanon without dismantling the kafala system and creating legal protections for domestic workers.