Resources on Domestic Workers in Arab States

  1. ASRAAB Newsletter: September/November 2013 - Issue # 1

    08 January 2014

    ASRAAB is a participatory newsletter and one of PROWD project’s activities created to enhance coordination among stakeholders active in promoting and protecting the rights of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon.

  2. Lebanon domestic workers committee bridges cultural divides through child art

    Drawing competition for the children of migrant workers about "Growing up in Lebanon" launched by the Committee of Domestic Workers at the National Federation of Employees and Workers.

  3. AGENDA: Growing up in Lebanon as Migrant Children event

    11 October 2013

  4. AGENDA: “Growing up in Lebanon as Migrant Children”

    11 October 2013

  5. Decent Work for Domestic Workers: Advocating Institutional Reform in the Middle East

    04 October 2013

    This project is an initiative of the Migration and Governance Network - MAGNET. The ILO is working with countries in the Arab States to provide options for reform of national policies and institutions to protect migrant domestic workers rights.

  6. Migration and Governance Network - MAGNET

    04 October 2013

    ILO supports Lebanon, Jordan, Yemen and the Gulf Cooperation Council States to strengthen labour migration governance and combat human trafficking.

  7. ILO Promotes Rights of Domestic Workers at High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development

    03 October 2013

    Representatives of governments, international organizations, employers’ and workers’ organizations to share relevant initiatives and highlight relevance of ILO Convention 189 on Decent Work for Domestic Workers to promote human and labour rights for migrant domestic workers.

  8. Social workers to mediate between employers and migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

    29 August 2013

    Ministry of Labour and the International Labour Organization discuss the job description of social workers who will counsel migrant domestic workers and employers during disputes.

  9. ILO Workshop on the Job Description of Labour Ministry Social Workers in Lebanon

    28 August 2013

    A workshop to discuss the draft job description of social workers recently appointed by the Ministry of Labour in Lebanon.

  10. Job Description of Labour Ministry Social Workers in Lebanon

    A consultation workshop to discuss the ILO draft job description of labour ministry social workers tasked with protection of migrant domestic labour rights in Lebanon.