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A Story of People

A story of people who cannot change their lives unless they speak up.

Civil Personal Status Law Would Restore ‘Lebanon’s Personality’

‘Lebanon is without personality’, because the state is not carrying out its duties and playing its role in legislating a civil law to regulate the civil status of its citizens.

Testimonies

Jawaher’s Story: From matchmaker to marriage breaker

Through their mediation with families over the past two years, the members working on the ‘child protection’ project and the committees were able to stop 26 child marriages.

Activity

Public hearing for women at Nejmeh Square

Women whose cases were tackled by Sunni, Shiite, Christian and Druze religious courts, whose laws are similar in discriminating against women. Some of them were forcibly married as minors, some were prohibited from seeing their children and some were convicted of “disobedience” because they sought refuge at shelters.

Culture

Activity

Meanwhile

“Meanwhile”, a lot can happen

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Tell your story: On the KAFA Support Center

A video on violence against women and KAFA's support center.

Video

A Journey of Empowerment

A Journey of empowerment is a short documentary that shows the first beginnings of the child protection unit at KAFA intervention in the Syrian Crisis.

Testimonies

Manini: Why didn’t they simply send me back to the agency?

I am Manini. When first asked about my age here in Lebanon, I said that I do not know because I feared deportation if someone found out I was young.

Testimonies

Mahi: "Why Do You Feel Entitled to Beating Us"

My name is Mahi; I am 22 years old, and I am from Ethiopia. I came to Lebanon in 2017 to work as a domestic worker because I wanted to save some money to continue my education.

Testimonies

The story of Oro:If only I knew

My name is Oro, (name changed) I am 28 years old and a mother of two. In my home in Ethiopia, I used to hear of many Ethiopian women who would travel to Lebanon for work to support their families. Like them, I also wanted to provide for my children, to pay for their school fees, and to buy them clothes and shoes.

Video

Ahmad Assaf: “The society was only a man”

Despite the struggles Ahmad faced as a refugee in Lebanon, he was able to fulfill some of his ambitions.

Labor

Workers Day 2019: More Decency

On the occasion of Workers Day this year, this is a short and simple call to pay the woman who cleans your house a little more than you did last year.

Testimonies

The Story of Rouna

Rouna immigrated with her family to Lebanon 8 years ago, but she didn’t get the chance to continue her education.

The Story of Tina

Throughout her five months of domestic servitude, Tina was subjected to various forms of physical and psychological violence including detention, degrading treatment, humiliation, shouting and beating.

Workers' Day 2017: Abolish Sponsorship

For the eighth year in a row, migrant domestic workers (MDWs) and supporters came together to claim labor rights, march, and celebrate workers' day. This past year did not witness any improvement of protection of migrant domestic workers.

Activity

Migrant Domestic Workers Demands on Workers' Day 2016

Activity

Letters Sent by Migrant Domestic Workers to Decision Makers

Activity

Domestic workers celebrate Workers’ Day and demand the recognition of their union

Five years ago, domestic workers took to the streets of Beirut to celebrate Workers’ Day for the first time in public. Years of struggling for basic human and labor rights have passed, but no change has been made to the legal system yet. However, this year is different.

بيان

Migrant Domestic Workers Deaths in Lebanon: More Investigation Needed

In three unrelated incidents, three Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon have died or been seriously injured in the last week.

Activity

KAFA proposes alternatives to the “sponsorship system” for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation organized at UNESCO palace on the 24th of February 2012, a discussion with the former Minister of Labor, Dr.

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A Story of People

Civil Personal Status Law Would Restore ‘Lebanon’s Personality’

Jawaher’s Story: From matchmaker to marriage breaker

Public hearing for women at Nejmeh Square

Meanwhile

Tell your story: On the KAFA Support Center

A Journey of Empowerment

Manini: Why didn’t they simply send me back to the agency?

Mahi: "Why Do You Feel Entitled to Beating Us"

The story of Oro:If only I knew

Ahmad Assaf: “The society was only a man”

Workers Day 2019: More Decency

The Story of Rouna

The Story of Tina

Workers' Day 2017: Abolish Sponsorship

Migrant Domestic Workers Demands on Workers' Day 2016

Letters Sent by Migrant Domestic Workers to Decision Makers

Domestic workers celebrate Workers’ Day and demand the recognition of their union

Migrant Domestic Workers Deaths in Lebanon: More Investigation Needed

KAFA proposes alternatives to the “sponsorship system” for migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

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