Saudi Arabia

Regional migrant's NGO calls for justice to abused OFWs and repatriation of stranded workers in KSA

Date: 01/08/2012 - 11:00

“The conditions of 180 stranded overseas Filipino workers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia necessitate immediate action from concerned agencies of the Philippine government. We join international organizations and OFW groups around the world in the urgent call to address the workers’ complaints and bring them home to their families.”

Saudi Arabia: A Step to Aid Migrant Workers

Date: 11/04/2012 - 08:32

The Saudi Labor Ministry’s proposal to abolish the employer-based “sponsorship” system is a positive step for migrant workers, Human Rights Watch said today.  The system fuels human rights abuses against migrants by tying their legal residency in the country to one employer.

Arabia Saudita: el Rey debe poner fin a la esclavitud de las trabajadoras del hogar

Date: 09/03/2012 - 09:04

Le mouvement syndical international marque l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la femme en adressant une lettre au roi Abdallah d’Arabie saoudite au nom de 1,5 millions de travailleuses domestiques, l’appelant à appuyer des lois qui reconnaissent aux personnels domestiques les mêmes droits qu’aux autres travailleurs et travailleuses.

Arabie saoudite : Appel au roi en faveur de l’abolition de l’esclavage domestique

Date: 09/03/2012 - 09:03

Le mouvement syndical international marque l’occasion de la Journée internationale de la femme en adressant une lettre au roi Abdallah d’Arabie saoudite au nom de 1,5 millions de travailleuses domestiques, l’appelant à appuyer des lois qui reconnaissent aux personnels domestiques les mêmes droits qu’aux autres travailleurs et travailleuses.

Saudi Arabia: King Must End Slavery of Domestic Workers

Date: 09/03/2012 - 09:01

The international union movement is marking the occasion of International Women’s Day by writing to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on behalf 1.5 million women domestic workers calling on him to support laws which give domestic workers the same rights as all other workers.

Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation, said domestic workers are excluded from labour legislation in the Saudi Kingdom and open to serious exploitation and abuse. Most workers are migrant woman from Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Philippines and India.

Sri Lanka: Saudi Death Sentence for Maid Shakes Govt

Date: 15/07/2011 - 08:19

Sri Lankan authorities have been grappling with ways of restricting the flow of migrant women abroad due to complaints of non-payment or delayed wages, sexual abuse, and long working hours – issues faced by most domestic workers abroad. Often these issues remain unresolved.

But the latest case to stir Sri Lankans’ conscience is that of Rizana Nafeek, who is awaiting execution in Saudi Arabia. Nafeek was found guilty of killing a baby who had choked to death while in her care. She was sentenced in 2007.

Indonesia: Travails Of Migrant Workers – Analysis

Date: 12/07/2011 - 10:50

The surprise execution of an Indonesian maid, Ruyati binti Sapubi, without the knowledge of the Indonesian government reflects the abominable state of migrant workers resulting from poverty in South and Southeast Asia. The inability of government to provide basic amenities to the people forces them to leave from their own country for an unknown and uncertain future. The outcry over Ruyati’s life and death highlights the problem of what is often dismissed as a private matter: the use and abuse of foreign domestic workers.

Philippines to Help Workers Displaced from Saudi Arabia

Date: 12/07/2011 - 09:32

The Philippines will seek work for tens of thousands of Filipinos who may lose their jobs in Saudi Arabia as both countries implement policies to protect their workers, weakening a key stream of remittances to the Southeast Asian nation.

A workers’ group says around 40 percent of the 1.2 million Filipino workers in Saudi Arabia are at risk from Riyadh’s plans to make firms hire more Saudis and a push by Asian countries for better conditions for their citizens working as domestic help.

Saudi Arabia stops hiring Filipino domestics

Date: 30/03/2011 - 15:23

Saudi Arabia said it would stop the processing of employment contracts for Filipinos household service workers (HSWs) until further notice, Carlos Cao Jr., Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) chief, said Monday.

The Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs relayed this information in a note verbale to the Philippine Embassy in Riyadh on March 12.

Report Philippine Congress Mission on Filipino Migrants in Saudi Arabia

Date: 30/03/2011 - 13:17

The mission was led by Congress Representative Walden Bello, and included 3 other Congress Representatives - Rep. Maria Carmen Zamora Apsay (Compostela Valley), Emmeline Aglipay (DIWA Partylist), at Cresente Paez (COOP NATCCO). The visit to Saudi Arabia took place from January 8-13

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