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A Human Connection : Modern Day Slavery of Ethiopian Women II

Posted by Billene Seyoum on June 23, 2012
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In a post from March 2012 here, i discussed the issue of modern day slavery of Ethiopian women in the middle-east and how countries like Indonesia and the Philippines insisted on better wages and conditions for domestic workers going to Saudi Arabia. These demands were followed by a ban as the Saudi Arabian government could not come into agreement on working conditions and pay. Continue Reading

Modern-day Slavery of Ethiopian Women

Posted by Billene Seyoum on March 18, 2012
Posted in: Advocacy. Tagged: , , , , . 11 comments

She mostly comes from a poor community. She is female which introduces a whole new dimension to her experiences in a foreign land. She’s mostly Christian, newly converted to Islam to meet the demands of her work. She’s black African. Add to that she hardly speaks a word of Arabic. Continue Reading