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Breaking the Isolation: Access to Information and Media Among Migrant Domestic Workers in Jordan and Lebanon

Breaking the Isolation: Access to Information and Media Among Migrant Domestic Workers in Jordan and Lebanon

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by IDWFED published Feb 23, 2014 12:00 AM
Contributors: Elizabeth Frantz | Open Society Foundation
A new report, Breaking the Isolation: Access to Information and Media among Migrant Domestic Workers in Jordan and Lebanon, launched by the Open Society Foundation, is the first study of its kind in the Arab region looking at how domestic workers communicate and access media and information. It examines the potential for specific media — including mobile phones, radio, television, and print publications — to reach out to domestic workers on a larger scale.

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A new report, Breaking the Isolation: Access to Information and Media among Migrant Domestic Workers in Jordan and Lebanon,  launched by the Open Society Foundation, is the first study of its kind in the Arab region looking at how domestic workers communicate and access media and information. It examines the potential for specific media — including mobile phones, radio, television, and print publications — to reach out to domestic workers on a larger scale.
Other key points relate to:

  • the need to improve pre-departure education and training of workers;
  • the essential role of employment contracts;
  • the opportunity for workers to build their own networks of solidarity and support, including through community media ventures such as radio.

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https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/reports/breaking-isolation
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