Migration & Human Rights

In one-to-one interviews and focus groups, female migrant workers in Qatar, Kuwait, and Bahrain recounted their experiences with violence in the workplace and how they navigated formal and informal grievance mechanisms. Through their insights, we aim to provide a better understanding of the current status quo and offer recommendations to prevent and improve government response to gender-based violence. Using Feminist Participatory Action Research methods, the report’s findings and recommendations are predominantly those of the participants.

Across the Gulf, discriminatory campaigns target low-income male migrant workers living in shared dwellings. In Kuwait, the recent “Be Assured” campaign has left hundreds of low-income male migrants homeless and in miserable conditions.

Will an online clean-up change realities on the ground?

At the halfway point of the technical cooperation between Qatar and the ILO, we take stock of the progress on promises made – or lack thereof.