Middle East domestic help abuse reporting

Definition (Wiki): A domestic worker is a person who works within the employer's household. Domestic workers perform a variety of household services for an individual or a family, from providing care for children and elderly dependents to cleaning and household maintenance, known as housekeeping. Responsibilities may also include cooking, doing laundry and ironing, food shopping and other household errands. Some domestic workers live within the household where they work. For more click here.

There has been a long history of migrant workers from various countries being abused in the Middle East which sometimes results in:

In our research to obtain specific abuse data on various aspects of Migrant Domestic Workers in the Middle East we noticed a lack of centralized source. As a result, this site has been created so all concerned global citizens, Human Rights Organizations, and abused migrants can report, log and share the heinous practice of abusing immigrant domestic workers by Middle Eastern employees.
For those who treat their employees we give thanks for respecting their humanity but for those who abuse innocent lives we say we are watching you and reporting on you from this day on. We ask all participants of this effort to get detailed information about:

  • Type of abuse
  • News story links
  • Employment Agency Name(Delala)
  • Police report and whistleblower documents
  • Ineffective authorities
  • Court records
  • Embassy and Consulate records
  • Investigation type if any

Your neighbors, your country men, the global community will know.
We will never forget you Alem Dechassa!
Please help us expand this list by providing information of organisations that can help

Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association.
+251-115-50-87-59 
Email ewla@ethionet.et

Lebanon
Human Rights Watch in Beirut Saga building, 
7th floor Damascus Road, 
Saifi District Beirut,
Lebanon 
Pobox 11-4399 
Riad El Solh
Tel:+961-1-217670
Fax:+9611217672

Learn more at other sites:

Please view the following news reports, hidden camera investigations, and what concerned Middle Eastern citizens are doing.
Domestic workers abused in the Gulf - 07 Oct 09