An Exploratory Study of Psychoanalytic and Social Factors in the Abuse of Migrant Domestic Workers by Female Employers in Lebanon

An Exploratory Study of Psychoanalytic and Social Factors in the Abuse of Migrant Domestic Workers by Female Employers in Lebanon

An Exploratory Study of Psychoanalytic and Social Factors in the Abuse of Migrant Domestic Workers by Female Employers in Lebanon

 Author: Ray Jureidini, Kafa (enough) Violence and Exploitation

 Year Published: 2011

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EXCERPT FROM INTRODUCTION:

“One of the main purposes of this report is to address one part of the complex relationship that exists between the female employer and female migrant domestic worker in Lebanon.With increasing publicity regarding the ‘slave-like’ conditions of their employment as well as the structural legal arrangements, it is widely accepted that serious reform of the conditions under which migrant women work in Lebanon is required.”