Buch
Monografie
Exported and exposed : abuses against Sri Lankan domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates
New York:
2007
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131 S.
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| Einrichtung: | Frauensolidarität | Wien |
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Human Rights Watch
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| Jahr: | 2007 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Contents: * I. Summary * II. Background (Status of Women and Girls in Sri Lanka - "Push Factors" and Sri Lankan Womens Decisions to Migrate for Work - Sri Lankan Womens Labor Migration to the Middle East) * III. Abuses of Prospective Women Migrants in Sri Lanka (Regulatory Framework in Sri Lanka and the Recruitment Process - Recruitment Fee System and Debt Payments - Deception and Lack of Information in Recruitment and Trafficking - Pre-Departure Medical Testing and Coerced Contraception) * IV. Abuses in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates (Unpaid and Underpaid Wages - Wage Exploitation o Physical and Psychological Abuse - Sexual Abuse - Heavy Workload and Excessively Long Work Hours without Rest - Food Deprivation and Inadequate Living Conditions - Confiscation of Passports, Forced Confinement, and Restricted Communication - Prohibitions on Returning Home - Forced Labor - Exploitative Practices by Labor Agents in the Countries of Employment) * V. Protection Failures and Obstacles to Effective Redress (Government Obligations under International Human Rights Law - Bilateral Labor Agreements - Response of the Sri Lankan Government - Response of the Countries of Employment: Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Lebanon, and the United Arab Emirates) * VI. Conclusion and Recommendations * VII. Acknowledgments | |
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