Department of Biomedical Sciences, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon; Observatory of Public Policies and Health, Beirut, Lebanon.
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Lebanese International University, Beirut, Lebanon; Observatory of Public Policies and Health, Beirut, Lebanon.
Gac Sanit. 2020 Sep-Oct;34(5):493-499. doi: 10.1016/j.gaceta.2018.11.001. Epub 2018 Dec 26.
Gender-based violence against women migrant domestic workers (WMDW) is a serious public health concern in the Middle East region. The current study is the first to explore abuse of WMDW as perceived by recruitment agency managers.
A qualitative study was conducted using 42 personal semi-structural interviews with agency managers in Lebanon. The interview guidelines were designed based on the standards set by the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No. 189. The information was transcribed in Arabic, and data was analyzed using thematic analysis.
The interviewees believe that WMDW are subject to abusive practices that represent various violations of the ILO Convention No. 189, including harassment and violence, compulsory labour, misinformation about conditions of employment, denial of periods of rest and restriction of movement and travel documents. In many situations, the interviewees justified some of these practices as being necessary to protect their business and to protect the workers.
The results of this study have several policy implications for the protection of WMDW against abuse.
针对女性移民家庭佣工（WMDW）的性别暴力是中东地区一个严重的公共卫生问题。本研究首次探讨了招聘机构管理人员所认为的对 WMDW 的虐待行为。
在黎巴嫩对 42 名机构管理人员进行了一项定性研究，采用个人半结构式访谈。访谈指南是根据国际劳工组织（ILO）第 189 号公约制定的。信息以阿拉伯语转录，使用主题分析进行数据分析。
受访者认为，WMDW 遭受了各种形式的虐待，这些虐待行为违反了 ILO 第 189 号公约，包括骚扰和暴力、强迫劳动、就业条件信息误导、剥夺休息时间和限制行动和旅行证件。在许多情况下，受访者为其中一些行为辩解，称这些行为是保护他们的业务和工人所必需的。
这项研究的结果对保护 WMDW 免受虐待有一些政策影响。
