Saudi Arabia

In a two-part series, MRRORS.org visits the environment from which domestic workers migrate in Sri Lanka. In the first part we explore how the women are caught in the cross-hairs of aggressive recruitment agencies and stifling government policies.

In the second of a two-part series, MRRORS.org speaks to women at different stages of the migration cycle. Serial migration seems to the be the only way they can get out of and stay out of poverty.

In early January, Saudi punished workers for "destroying public property and inciting unrest" while protesting unpaid wages. Meanwhile, the government has not meaningfully penalized the companies that failed to pay workers for months.

The all-pervasive kafala, or sponsorship system, allows Gulf citizens and employers to exercise complete and absolute power over migrant workers. Moving from Saudi to Qatar to Kuwait, Mobeen Ahmed’s story is but one amongst a few million migrant experiences across the GCC region.