Migrant Workers' Action
On Labour Day, we reflect on the realities migrant domestic workers face in times of war while trapped in Lebanon's Kafala system.
This International Women’s Day, we’re drawing attention to what gets left out of the conversation on women and displacement.In Lebanon, migrant domestic workers under the kafala system face conflict without legal status, without documents, and with little inclusion in the emergency response. Many have been abandoned by their employers. Community leaders are stepping in where […]
I arrived in Lebanon from the Philippines in February 2010. For nearly three years, I never saw my passport. When my mother died, I begged my employer to let me go home to say goodbye. He always promised, but he never let me go. Instead, he took away my days off and made me beg […]