The Kafāla System: Gender and Migration in Contemporary Lebanon

With an estimated 250,000 migrant domestic workers (MDW), migrant women perform household chores normally assigned to Lebanese women in their own households. Since labor laws do not apply to MDWs, MDW from the Global South in particular are affected by exploitative regulations under the Kafāla syste...

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Xuất bản năm:Middle East - Topics & Arguments
Những tác giả chính: Dermitzaki, Dimitra, Riewendt, Sylvia
Định dạng: Artikel (Zeitschrift)
Ngôn ngữ:
Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Philipps-Universität Marburg 2020
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Tóm tắt:With an estimated 250,000 migrant domestic workers (MDW), migrant women perform household chores normally assigned to Lebanese women in their own households. Since labor laws do not apply to MDWs, MDW from the Global South in particular are affected by exploitative regulations under the Kafāla system. Due to gender-specific aspects of migration and asylum and gendered and racialized labor division, they inevitably become a focus of public interest. This paper conducts an overview of Lebanese gendered and racialized labor laws under Kafāla based on a materialist theory, analyzing a range of local NGOs that address MDW’s rights.
DOI:10.17192/meta.2020.14.8255