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A Photographic Chronicle of the Lives of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon

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Date: 29 June 2012, 5 - 6.30 pm

Type: Visual Presentation

Date and Time:
29 June 2012, 5 - 6.30 pm
Event type:
Visual Presentation
Location:
Yala Maya Kendra, Patan
Organiser:
Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility
Contact:
Website:www.ceslam.org
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +977-01-4472807

The kafala system, also known as the sponsorship system, regulates the 200,000-plus migrant domestic workers in Lebanon. The event began with Elizabeth Frantz providing a brief introduction to the situation of migrant domestic workers in the Middle East, with a focus on some of the particular challenges Nepali women face. Dr Frantz's gave introduction followed by Swedish photographer Lucas Pernin's presentation on the situation of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon. The visual investigation was built upon the testimonies given by women in the secret shelters in Beirut and provides a visualization of a highly discriminatory labour system prevalent throughout West Asia.

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Lucas Pernin is a Swedish photographer that works primarily for Scandinavia-based media. He has previously been exhibited at P3 gallery in London and at the Foto8 summershow in 2011. Lucas is currently in Nepal to present his Lebanon project and continues to investigate the consequences of the kafala system in sending countries.

Elizabeth Frantz is a Program Officer for the International Migration Initiative (IMI) of the Open Society Foundations, New York. IMI works in countries of origin in Asia and destination countries in the Middle East to understand and improve the situation of migrant workers in the lowest-paid sectors of employment.

This is a public event and admission is free and open to all. Seating is first-come-first-served.