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by Khara J Jabola-Carolus for Migrant-Rights.org
One of the last (two) countries where divorce is illegal and where the ruling Catholic elite maintains a staunch anti-reproductive rights stance, the island nation of the Philippines boasts a staggering population of 90 million people and (exponentially) counting. To better appreciate this figure, consider that the Philippines has nearly [...]

Over the month of January, we at Migrant-Rights.org have covered cases of abuse against migrant workers in Lebanon, Jordan, Libya, Qatar, the UAE, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Kuwait. Following our documentation of several cases of suicide and attempted suicide by domestic workers in Kuwait, the Kuwait Times has published an expose on the subject. [...]

Ever since American talk show host Oprah Winfrey announced that her website www.oprah.com would be giving away coupons for free chicken dinners, KFC restaurants around America have been literally inundated with people coming with coupons in hand for a free chicken dinner, including two side dishes and a farm biscuit.
The situation has gotten so [...]

Making their wealth from the non-renewable energy resource natural gas, Qataris learned a little more about the carbon market earlier this month. According to the Gulf Times, UK-based carbon-related firms looking to do business in Qatar were part of the Carbon Market Business Opportunities seminar, held under the auspices of Minister of Environment HE Abdullah [...]

(Palm Island in Dubai)
A couple of weeks ago I was in New Orleans with my parents at the annual craziness known as Fat Tuesday during Mardi Gras. Besides the excess of everything I saw there including waste, and the nasty black eye I sustained from a large set of beads being thrown on my head [...]

Note: This is a written transcript of an Audio clip I recorded.
It took the Arab world more than 20 days to suddenly wake up and hold a meeting about the situation in Gaza. Back when the Gaza crisis started, a GCC meeting was held with no regard to the situation’s seriousness. They finished their commercial [...]

I have just been watching the news on Al Jazeera when suddenly a surprisingly social report was casted: Russia having to deal with sweated labourers! In the report they were severely criticising under which conditions and how badly paid labourers in Russia work. Isn’t that highly contradictorily for a News channel that is based in [...]