Kuwait’s Migrants Protest State-Contracted Companies That Don’t Pay on Time
July 18, 2015
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Country-specific labour and domestic workers rights
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A Reminder for the last 10 nights of Ramadan...
July 8, 2015
[STORIES OF ORIGIN] Better lives. Betting on migration
July 6, 2015
STORIES OF ORIGIN is a new MR series that explores the lived experiences of both returning and potential migrants, and their families. First stop is Nepal, which sees on average 1500 citizens emigrating to the GCC daily.
Few More Rules, Not Enough Enforcement Mechanisms: Kuwait's Draft Law for Domestic Workers
June 29, 2015
A Review of Kuwait’s Latest Draft Law for Domestic Workers
Qatar 'labor camp' fire exposes more frailties of kafala and the labor law
June 28, 2015
The 452 workers who lost every last scrap of their belongings in a fire in Qatar on Friday morning still have their passports in tact. Because the passports have been in the possession of their employer since they started work, MRRORS.org learned while speaking to the victims.
This Ramadan, do the right thing by your domestic worker
June 28, 2015
Domestic workers in GCC: Overworked and underpaid.
Qatar’s Shura Council resists reforms. A timeline of recommendations and unfulfilled promises.
June 24, 2015
Some proposals akin to forced labor
Sexual Assault and Physical Abuse at Kuwait's Shelter for Domestic Workers
June 9, 2015
The Ministry of Labor opened the country’s first shelter in response to the growing number of runaway workers. Authorities claim “it is one of the best specialized centers in the Middle East” but it’s not quite clear what this specialization entails. The shelter boasts 700 beds, but its privately contracted staff is untrained and has no experience dealing with survivors of abuse. MRRORS.org spoke to one woman who claims that the staff not only failed to provide basic support services, but physically and sexually harassed the shelter’s vulnerable residents.