Job description: Project Manager (Full time, 12 months) Location: Kuwait ABOUT US: Project 189 protects, promotes and improves the rights of migrant workers in the Middle East. Our vision is for all migrant workers to be equal and free from all forms of exploitation, discrimination and abuse. MISSION: Our mission is to strengthen labor andContinue reading “We are still looking for a Project Manager!”
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We are hiring a project coordinator!
Job description: Project Coordinator (Full time, 18 months) Location: Kuwait ABOUT US: Project 189 protects, promotes and improves the rights of migrant workers in the Middle East.a Our vision is for all migrant workers to be equal and free from all forms of exploitation, discrimination and abuse. MISSION: Our mission is to strengthen labor andContinue reading “We are hiring a project coordinator!”
We asked the Kuwaiti youth what makes a safe work environment for domestic workers?
We asked Kuwaiti youth what practices would make a safe work environment for domestic workers and these were their answers. An initiative from Paola – a Project 189 team member – together with a group of young friends who wanted to do something meaningful over the spring break to understand the different forms of violenceContinue reading “We asked the Kuwaiti youth what makes a safe work environment for domestic workers?”
Interview with Mobilisation Lab
Recently we were interviewed by MobLan – Mobilisation Lab. Where among other things we share our thoughts of the characteristics that an activist should have. Check here for the complete interview.
“Between a rock and a hard place” – domestic workers in Hong Kong
This is a short documentary created by the Progressive Labor Union of Domestic Workers in Hong Kong (PLU, an affiliate of FADWU) with support from the Hong Kong Confederation of Trade Unions (HKCTU), International Domestic Workers Federation (IDWF), and Rights Exposure. It shares the issues faced by Filipino domestic workers when traveling to work as domesticContinue reading ““Between a rock and a hard place” – domestic workers in Hong Kong”
Local Spotlight: CP Kuwait – Project 189 | cinema politica
Cinema Politica would not be Cinema Politica without the dedicated and tireless groups, organizations and volunteers running our locals. To highlight this incredible work, we periodically zoom in on Source: Local Spotlight: CP Kuwait – Project 189 | cinema politica
Project 189 is scheduled to participate in International Civil Society Week.
The International Civil Society Week April 2016 in Bogota Colombia is a space where organizations and individuals that work on activating the civil society to create positive change get together to participate in workshops, conferences and have the opportunity to meet and learn from each other civil society actors. Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova, Project 189’s directorContinue reading “Project 189 is scheduled to participate in International Civil Society Week.”
Employers’ perspectives towards domestic workers in Kuwait
Improving the rights of domestic workers does not only translate to legislations, but as well as transforming the perceptions and attitudes towards domestic workers in the Middle East. Project 189 is committed on both ends of the solution, Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova, Project 189 founder, developed a study on the perceptions and attitudes of employers towardsContinue reading “Employers’ perspectives towards domestic workers in Kuwait”
Article by the UCLA Center for Middle East development has recognized Project 189’s efforts.
An article written by Ayla Bitmouni in the Middle Easterner, a blog of the UCLA Center for Middle East Development has recognized Project 189 as a positive example in its efforts to improve conditions of domestic workers in Kuwait and as a representation of what is seen as a trend to have more active rolesContinue reading “Article by the UCLA Center for Middle East development has recognized Project 189’s efforts.”
Domestic Workers Rights: Kuwait’s new legislation, the Kafala system, Qatar under the radar and high rates of domestic workers running away from their workplace.
June 2015, Kuwait passed new law’s for domestic workers, were they are granted one day off a week and 30 days of annual paid leave, without doubt this legislation is a positive step forward for domestic workers; nonetheless, there is still a long road ahead, towards not only creating and reforming laws, but as wellContinue reading “Domestic Workers Rights: Kuwait’s new legislation, the Kafala system, Qatar under the radar and high rates of domestic workers running away from their workplace.”
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