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Lebanon: Story of a Migrant House Keeper, Georgette

Written (Français) byThalia Rahme
Translated (English) byRhita Boufelliga
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Original posted 18 May 2011 Translation posted 3 June 2011 14 years ago

To mark Labor Day, the non-governmental organisation Migrant Workers Task Force has published a video, in which Georgette, a house keeper from Benin working in Lebanon, relates her experiences and speaks of the changes she would like to see in migrants’ working conditions.

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Written (Français) byThalia Rahme
Translated (English) byRhita Boufelliga

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