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This document presents a pilot study on the attitude of Lebanese employers towards migrant domestic women. The exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon has been the subject of heightened attention in the media and by international organizations. The nature of domestic labor as work performed in the privacy of homes and away from public scrutiny grants employers heightened power and control. Servant, Daughter, or Employee? A Pilot Study on the Attitudes of Lebanese Employers towards Migrant Domestic Workers explores the general attitudes and practices of Lebanese employers towards domestic workers. We sought to move away from issues related physical and sexual violence, which have been amply addressed in previous reports, and to focus instead on how employers justify and talk about normative attitudes and practices. The report is based on a mixed qualitative and quantitative study, employing focus group discussions and one-on-one interviews, as well as the collection of survey data. The findings reveal that blatant violations of the rights of domestic workers – such as withholding their salaries, not giving them enough food, and subjecting them to forms of violence – are virtually unanimously rejected in Lebanese society. Conversely, practices that equally infringe on the rights of domestic workers and heighten employer power and control – such as withholding their passports, preventing them from going out alone on their day off, and, to a lesser extent, locking them inside the employers’ house – receive less widespread rejection. These findings can guide future awareness campaign plans that target employer attitudes and practices and that link to more comprehensive policies

The research paper provides a detailed and critical understanding of the social context behind gender-based violence, with eye-opening results and a call for action. Key findings include: women’s role as seen in terms of dedication and devotion to their families, a role which grants them trust; men’s role as provider, decision-maker and protector. Some men consider themselves victims of certain socialization patterns, while others enjoy the power their position provides and use violence to defend their vanishing role

This video lasts one minute 10 sec and is directed by Tunisia Live The occasion was International Women’s Day, and the men had come to participate in the Tunisian debut of a campaign to raise awareness about street harassment and violence against women. On Tuesday (08 March 2016) several dozen men gathered in Le Duplex, a bar on Avenue Kheireddine Pacha, Tunis, and decorated their faces with bright red lipstick.

This document presents a qualitative exploratory study on Social and Psychoanalytical Factors in the Abuse of Migrant Domestic Workers by Female Employers in Lebanon. The brief of this study was to conduct targeted interviews with female employers of migrant domestic workers, psychiatrists, lawyers and institutional stakeholders in Lebanon. In conjunction with previous empirical and theoretical research on the topic of human rights violations against migrant domestic workers, the study provides an analysis of the conditions, circumstances of and possible explanations for such violations

This document presents guidelines intended to help the social worker in her interviews with women, enabling her to provide them with the proper basic legal information. The booklet aims at the enrichment of the social worker’s legal background, enabling her to answer women’s simple legal questions, namely in cases of emergencies which cannot wait until they get a specialized legal advice. The user of this booklet should be aware that this legal information is just basic and needs to be detailed by a specialized legal expert