Filipino domestic workers exploited and subjected to sexual abuse in Saudi Arabia (www.amnesty.org)
from beep@piefed.world to world@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 11:10
https://piefed.world/c/world/p/1252939/filipino-domestic-workers-exploited-and-subjected-to-sexual-abuse-in-saudi-arabia

cross-posted from: piefed.world/…/filipino-domestic-workers-exploite…

Full Report: “Once we step in their homes, we are no longer human”: Testimonies of Filipino women domestic workers in Saudi Arabia.

“These stories are not isolated cases. The harrowing testimonies paint a worrying picture of ongoing state-enabled exploitation in a country with over four million domestic workers. It’s clear that for far too many workers, serious abuses and intimidation comes with taking a job in Saudi Arabia,” said Marta Schaaf, Amnesty International’s Director of Climate, Economic and Social Justice, and Corporate Accountability programme.

“In many of the most serious cases, the abuses domestic workers face amount to forced labour and may also constitute human trafficking for the purpose of labour exploitation.”

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Eyekaytee@aussie.zone on 10 Jul 11:49 next collapse

Yes we know Muslim middle eastern countries love slaves, will the Philippines government do anything about this though?

scytale@piefed.zip on 10 Jul 13:43 collapse

They won’t, because remittances from overseas workers comprise a significant portion of the GDP. It’s been declining but it’s still a lot of peoples’ way out of poverty.

Lydon_Feen@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 12:07 next collapse

The people responsible for the north african slave trade which started centuries before the europeans started enslaving africans, and kept doing it for centuries after europeans made it illegal… Still have slaves?

Shocking, truly!

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 10 Jul 12:56 collapse

But they wont refuse, Its—you know—because of the implication

Saudi Arabia is the original D.E.N.N.I.S system; basically the desert version of get em on a boat out in the middle of nowhere and watch them panties unable to refuse to drop…