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June 26, 2018 News Release

Qatar: Fix Gaps in Domestic Worker Law

Illustration of a domestic worker exploited in Oman.
May 25, 2018 News Release

Qatar Joins Core Human Rights Treaties

But Rejects Major Protections for Women, Migrant Workers

© 2018 United Nations
February 21, 2018 News Release

Kuwait/Philippines: Protect Filipino Migrant Workers

Migration Ban Increases Abuse Risk

February 14, 2018 Letter

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Bangladesh

63rd plenary session

January 26, 2018 Dispatches

Duterte Threatens to Ban Labor Migration to the Middle East

Philippines Should Demand Stronger Protections for Overseas Filipino Workers

January 18, 2018 Commentary

Respect the Rights of Domestic Workers that Oman Depends On

Employment visa from Oman in the passport of a former Tanzanian domestic worker. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
January 18, 2018 News Release

Top 5 Reforms Middle East Governments Can Make in 2018

Respond to Youth Demands, Gain Respect in the World

Demonstration outside Parliament on December 6, 2016, with women in white dresses and wrapped in bandages, calling for the repeal of article 522 of the penal code.
December 8, 2017 Commentary

#MeToo, Say Domestic Workers in the Middle East

Poster detailing domestic workers’ rights at the office of Zanzibar: Conservation, Hotels, Domestic and Allied Workers Union (CHODAWU-Z).  Stone Town, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
November 14, 2017 Witness

Trapped and Abused Behind Closed Doors in Oman

Tanzania Weak Protections Leave Their Domestic Workers Exposed to Abuse in Gulf Countries

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November 14, 2017 News Release

Tanzania: Migrant Domestic Workers in Oman, UAE Abused

Women Describe Beatings, Exploitation, Harassment

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October 10, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee of Oman’s Periodic Report for the 68th Session

October 10, 2017 Letter

Human Rights Watch Submission to the CEDAW Committee of Kuwait’s Periodic Report for the 68th Session

August 24, 2017 News Release

Qatar: New Law Gives Domestic Workers Labor Rights

Needs Enforcement Mechanisms

A female employer and her children are accompanied by their domestic worker, back right, as they walk through The Avenues, an indoor luxury shopping center in Kuwait City.
August 3, 2017 Commentary

For Qatar the Gulf Crisis is a Human Rights Opportunity

By reforming its nationality law, ratifying the Refugee Convention and joining the ICC, Qatar can become a model state in the region - and protect itself from attack

A road sign is seen near Abu Samra border crossing to Saudi Arabia, Qatar June 12, 2017.
June 16, 2017 Commentary

Gulf States’ Slow March Toward Domestic Workers’ Rights

Illustration of a domestic worker exploited in Oman.

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