Migrant Workers' Action
MWA submitted a written report to the 4th Cycle of the UPR on Lebanon, addressing the systemic failure of protecting and guaranteeing Migrant Domestic Workers' Human Rights and Freedoms.
Migrant domestic workers in Lebanon continue to be denied safe and dignified access to sanitation, a fundamental human right. On World Toilet Day 2025, MWA sheds light on how the Kafala system, collapsing infrastructure, and exclusion from national WaSH frameworks leave migrant women facing daily humiliation, restricted bathroom access, and heightened vulnerability during crises. Their testimonies call for urgent reforms to ensure dignity, safety, and equality for all.
Story by a Survivor of the Kafala System: Agnes I had hoped to be a neurosurgeon. Or a computer expert. But life didn't give me a runway to begin with - not even a patch of it. I met somebody online in 2015. He got me pregnant. Then he ghosted. That was my introduction to […]