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Trapped in the System: Women Domestic Workers and Kafala in the Gulf States

Summary by Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain
This briefing paper examines the widespread and institutionalized exploitation of women migrant domestic workers across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries—Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Oman. Despite public commitments to reform, the kafala (sponsorship) system remains the primary mechanism governing migrant labor. Under this system, a worker’s immigration status is...
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Americans for Democracy & Human Rights in Bahrain broke the news in on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.
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