"The case has exposed an exploitative system that allows tens of thousands of migrant women to work as housemaids in conditions that critics have described as akin to modern slavery."
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"The killings are a wake-up call," says Lissa Jatass, a domestic worker who campaigns for the rights of migrant women in Cyprus. "Housemaids here suffer with this bad system. Women here are the least represented in society," she said.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48110874?fbclid=IwAR0Kfvnhtq5FtS9Sn6lNn8eK-zOVKfvRTWRvK3Xg-kLWQCh7DSNrsRnbJe4 …
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"She said the husband would repeatedly ask her to join him in bed, to touch him and hug him. [...] Asked if she had reported any of the incidents to the police, she laughed. "They won't do anything.""pic.twitter.com/S1fWF2iwV9
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Seen as normal in Cy: "They get as little as €400 per month [&] are expected to work from early morning until late at night. Workers [...] are often expected to work the entire day until they go to bed [&] in some cases they don’t even get enough food."https://cyprus-mail.com/2019/04/23/filipino-community-calls-for-justice-over-death-of-women/?hilite=%27filipino%27 …
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I was hoping to be wrong when I suspected that the victims include Filipinas. The Middle East is still hell for most of my people. I lived in Qatar for a bit when I was a kid and I hated every minute of it, especially when I often heard news like this.

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Sorry for putting this sad stuff in your Twitter. Sending you the positive vibes you deserve and sorry for the state of the world.





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Thanks and there’s no need to apologise. I can only avoid so much. I need to face our reality. It helps me ponder about what can be done to address it.
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I am just sorry for all of us and I am in full solidarity with my Filipina sisters.
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