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by IDWFED published Apr 11, 2012 12:00 AM
Contributors: Borzou Daragahi in Beirut/Financial Times
The suicide of an Ethiopian maid days after she was shown on video being roughed-up by her Lebanese handler is shining a harsh light on the region’s multibillion-dollar household labour industry.

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LEBANON -

The suicide of an Ethiopian maid days after she was shown on video being roughed-up by her Lebanese handler is shining a harsh light on the region’s multibillion-dollar household labour industry.

Alem Dechasa-Desisa, 33, died at her own hands last month. She was the most high profile in a long string of maid and nanny suicides in Lebanon, where at least one domestic worker a week kills herself, according to a recent study conducted by the advocacy group Human Rights Watch.

Read the whole article by Borzou Daragahi in Beirut on Financial Times.

Source: Borzou Daragahi in Beirut/Financial Times.

Story Type: News

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