Domestic Workers Advocacy Network (DoWAN) works to create a community and steps towards sustainability for repatriated migrant domestic workers in Sierra Leone. Through our initiative, we advocate for our rights and speak up about the injustices that migrant domestic workers have faced being subject to the Kafala System.
RECENT NEWS
Stories of the Kafala system are personal, but the victories are universal
Sado Mag
August 15, 2022
Our latest piece is by Magz Nic Uaid, who speaks to @lucy.turay founder of @dowanunited – Domestic Workers Advocacy Network – about the Kafala system in Lebanon which violates the human rights of migrant workers.
«Nirgends steht, dass sie an ihrem freien Tag das Haus verlassen darf»
20 Minuten
July 27, 2022
In Beiruter Luxus-Appartements aus der Feder von Herzog & de Meuron wohnen und arbeiten auch Hausangestellte unter prekärsten Bedingungen. Das steht hinter dem sogenannten Kafala-System im arabischen Raum.
The runaway maids of Oman BBC World Service
July 01, 2021
The story of Kadiatu, a young Sierra Leonean woman tricked into working as a housemaid in Arabia. Can she and other abused domestic workers escape and start a new life back home?
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