Why I Wear a Hijab and Why I Don’t: Protestors Ayesha and Urwah Explain
New
Age Islam News Bureau
12
February 2022
• Pakistan’s
First Woman String Theorist, Tasneem Zehra Husain: ‘Sky Is Limit for Girls in
Science’
• Miss
World Somalia Hoping To Inspire Other Black Muslim Girls as First
Hijabi-Wearing Contestant
• Saudi
Scientist Hayat Sindi on Making Arab Women More Visible In Science
• Taliban
Release Afghan Women Activists, Foreigners
• Women
in Tanzania Challenge Male Dominance in Engineering
• French
Lawyer Attacks EU over Poster Featuring Muslim Woman
• Ethiopian
Woman Is First Domestic Worker In Lebanon To File Slavery Case Against Employer
Compiled
by New Age Islam News Bureau
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Why
I Wear a Hijab and Why I Don’t: Protestors Ayesha and Urwah Explain
Ayesha
Akhtar (left) and Urwah Jawaid at Jadavpur University on Friday.
Picture
by Subhankar Chowdhury
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Subhankar
Chowdhury
12.02.22
At
Jadavpur University, hundreds of students protested on Friday the torment a
student in Karnataka faced because she wore a hijab to college.
Among
the protesters were two friends, Ayesha Akhtar and Urwah Jawaid. Ayesha wears a
hijab but Urwah doesn’t. They told The Telegraph that they joined the protest
to “firmly oppose the forces that seek to dictate what a woman should wear”.
Ayesha
Akhtar, Park Circus
Third-year
student of mathematics (honours)
I
started wearing hijab after my first year in college. I felt good about it. I
read about it and understood the purpose…. Now, it's a part of my identity. No
one forced it on me. So I feel no one has the right to take it away from me.
It's about me. The way I dress up should solely be my decision.
It
should be like any other piece of clothing. Just like no one else can decide
whether I wear a skirt or a salwar-kameez, they should have no business to do
with my hijab.
I
am at the protest today to voice my opinion about the injustice being
perpetrated in institutes in Karnataka.
I
used to visit Park Circus Maidan to protest the discriminatory citizenship law
and the NRC. Students were in the forefront of that protest.
The
time has come again for campuses to stand up to these forces that don’t
hesitate to send a pack of boys after a woman exercising her right.
Urwah
Jawaid, from Srinagar in Kashmir
Second-year
student of computer science and engineering in Calcutta
The
hijab is more an umbrella term for me. It is not about a head covering. It is
about being genuinely good, inside out.
I
don't cover my head yet but one day I might. Right now, I feel like I won't be
able to carry it and end up disrespecting what it stands for righteousness.
If
I start wearing a hijab in the future, it will be out of my own choice and I
will be the happiest. It is no one else's business because it is about me and
my faith. It is not something a third person can intervene in. You can’t be the
judge of how I express myself.
I
am at the protest because we need to raise our voice against what's happening
in the country.
A
person wearing a head covering by her own choice is hurting no one. That person
is not outraging anyone's liberty. She has the right to be in her place of
education.
It
is extremely sad to see students fight among themselves on the basis of
religion. Students should never be divided.
Our
students are going in a very communal and extreme direction and it pains me to
see this sorry state. The campuses must rise in revolt to prevent this and
that’s why I am here today.
Source:
Telegraph India
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Pakistan’s
First Woman String Theorist, Tasneem Zehra Husain: ‘Sky Is Limit for Girls in
Science’
Theoretical
physicist Tasneem Zehra Hussain. Anadolu Agency
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February
12, 2022
LAHORE:
Pakistan’s first woman scientist to earn her PhD in the cutting-edge world of
string theory is urging girls nationwide to pursue a career in science with
“every field open to them”.
Speaking
exclusively to Anadolu Agency to mark the International Day of Women and Girls
in Science, which falls on February 11, Tasneem Zehra Husain said it was not
easy for her to pursue a scientific career “as I had no inspiration to look up
to and in schools and even college, teachers especially made science subjects
very dry.”
An
eminent theoretical physicist who is also a literary enthusiast, Husain studied
mathematics and physics at Kinnaird College before completing her master’s
degree in physics from the Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad.
“I
was a keen observer of puzzles. Growing up, I used to get bored of things very
easily,” she explained.
She
recalled how, when she told her father in the seventh grade that the curriculum
in school had gotten “very dry,” he advised her to study for the O-level exams.
“That
was an interesting thing for me,” she said.
O-level
exams are subject-based academic qualifications for students in several
countries, including Pakistan. They correspond to grades nine and 10, the first
two years of high school.
Husain
is a doctoral alumna of Sweden’s Stockholm University, where she studied
theoretical physics and won a scholarship to further study the field of
high-energy physics.
“When
I was doing my post-doctorate, I helped the Lahore University of Management
Sciences (LUMS) in establishing a School of Science and Engineering. But the
biggest dilemma in our country is that all of our bright students have to go
outside of the country to pursue a stable career,” Husain told Anadolu Agency.
Even
while diving deep into string theory, a scientific model seeking to explain all
of the physics at a fundamental level in an ambitious “theory of everything,”
Husain did not abandon her love of literature, and managed to write her first
novel, Only the Longest Threads.
That
book was about the defining moments in which new scientific theories affect the
understanding of the universe, and she is now working on a follow-up.
MORE
FLEXIBILITY
According
to a report in the Journal of Pakistan Medical Association (JPMA), observations
from 2019 found that 85,000 female doctors are not working in the field,
despite government and health institutions’ public awareness campaigns.
Husain
stressed that there is no limit to what women can accomplish in the field of science,
but stressed that the academic system needs be more flexible towards women
according to their expertise.
“You
can see doctors. So many of them don’t work after marriage because a woman
after the marriage has to carry a child physically, and that affects her
health,” she explained.
“If
she isn’t available for work for a certain time period, it doesn’t mean she is
lacking the capacity to work. A flexible system and proper policymaking are
required.”
TEACHING
TEACHERS
Husain
also underlined the role of teachers as guiding stars, as they can spark
inspiration in their students to take more interest in subjects and can even
make those subjects more fun and interesting, stressing their real-life
applications.
“If
the teachers aren’t aware of the latest ways of teaching and they don’t have
command over their subject, they can’t tell the students what the practical
implications of that subject are,” said the scientist.
“If
students, especially girls, get proper guidance and counselling, the sky is the
limit for them and they can do wonders. It’s high time that we start telling
our girls that every field is open for them.”
Source:
Pakistan Today
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Miss
World Somalia hoping to inspire other Black Muslim girls as first
Hijabi-wearing contestant
By
Faiza Amin and Meredith Bond
Feb
11, 2022
As
the Miss World Pageant is set to kick off next month, a contestant with a close
connection to Canada is making history as the first hijabi to compete in Miss
World.
Miss
World Somalia is hoping to inspire young Black and Muslim girls when she takes
the stage in March.
Khadija
Omar, whose parents are Somali, was born in a Kenyan refugee camp before coming
to Canada in 2010. Her family arrived in Kitchener as refugee where she lived
until enrolling at York University in Toronto.
Omar
said she enjoyed growing up in a multicultural country like Canada, but she
still felt like she didn’t quite fit in.
“When
I came to Canada, as a refugee, obviously there was a culture shock. And in the
beginning, I actually didn’t speak English. So I was put in ESL, and then I was
able to learn English,” Omar told CityNews.
“Canada is very multicultural country. There’s so many cultures, it’s
very diverse. But I still felt I didn’t fit.”
Her
goal as Miss World Somalia is to provide representation for Black girls and
girls who wear hijabs on such a large platform, what she didn’t see growing up.
Omar says she has already heard from some young girls about her impact on them.
“There’s
girls who are saying that I would love pageant but I never went into it because
I’ve never felt represented. And that’s how I felt when I was young. So being
able to do that for so many people. It is like it’s such an amazing feeling.
Because I feel like the world is really changing.
Omar
hopes girls will see her and know they can achieve the same thing. “She’s
different. She feels beautiful. She feels confident. So why can’t I be
different be like that too’.”
Past
Miss World, Omar is hoping to fulfil one of her passions and launch an
inclusive makeup brand. She says she was inspired to start a brand when
reflecting on experiences in which she went to buy makeup and couldn’t find
foundations or pigments that matched her skin tone.
“I
love makeup. So being that young girl who loved makeup as a form of art and
being represented and that was something that made me very sad,” said Omar. “I
don’t wear makeup to hide my insecurities. That’s not how I see makeup. I wear
makeup to make me feel confident.”
And
she says she wants every girl to feel they are represented by her brand. “I want
to make sure that my brand represents every girl. I want every culture
represented. I want every girl to look at this brand and be like, ‘Oh, I see
myself and then I feel if I can wear this. I feel beautiful’.”
Another
passion she hopes to pursue is psychology. Omar said she was inspired to study
psychology at university when she was in high school and went to a Muslim
therapist.
Omar
said many have said it’s rare to find a therapist that can relate and
understand the struggle you have experienced in your life.
“So
many Black people, so many Muslim people don’t have a therapist that can
understand them,” said Omar.
She
added therapy played a big role in her life and she wants to be able to provide
that for others.
“It’s
so important to be able to go to someone you could talk to and have them
understand you. And I feel with mental health and everything that’s happening
in this world, you need someone to talk to. You don’t have to hide how you’re
feeling,” said Omar. “It’s really important to express everything, not to put
everything inside because it really can destroy you as a person. And even when
I was in high school, that was something I went through and if I didn’t have
that person to go talk to, I don’t think I’d be here right now.”
Currently,
she’s working on her “Beauty With a Purpose” campaign for the pageant which is
focused on climate issues in Somalia and it brought her back to the refugee
camp where she was born in Kenya, helping some of the nearly 12,000 Somali
refugees displaced by severe drought.
The
trip is being led by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees and she
hopes to continue “campaigning about refugee climate crisis, it’s impact and
how it can be dealt with effectively to avoid similar recurring problems.”
Omar
said another one of her goals in the refugee camp is to help provide period
products and hopes to help inspire these young girls living in the camp.
“When
I was a refugee, I remember there were little kids all going around talking
about what to do when they go out. And I always said, ‘I want to come back to
the refugee camp.’ I always knew in my heart I wanted to go back there and help
in some way possible,” explained Omar.
“What
I noticed is there’s some things that we take for granted that we don’t notice
is such a big issue, [for example] they have problems being able to have pads.
For us woman, it’s such a normal thing. But the stories of what girls have to
go through just to get one or two pads, it’s so crazy,” added Omar.
Omar
has already made the Top 40 for Miss World and the finals are scheduled to be
held on March 16 in Puerto Rico.
Source:
Toronto City News
https://toronto.citynews.ca/2022/02/11/miss-world-somalia-first-hijabi-wearing-contestant/
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Saudi
scientist Hayat Sindi on making Arab women more visible in science
Ahmed
Maher
Feb
12, 2022
Saudi
biotechnologist Hayat Sindi is one of Saudi Arabia's most notable scientific
exports. The inventor of a host of technologies designed to make medical
diagnostics more accessible, her work has made a difference worldwide.
Marking
International Day of Women and Girls in Science at Expo 2020 Dubai, Dr Sindi
said women need to be encouraged to choose careers in science, technology,
engineering and mathematics.
“Women
in science should never be sidekicks or inferior to their male counterparts,”
she said from the Saudi pavilion of the international event. She added that
Expo 2020 has provided an opportunity to cast light on the prejudices and
stereotypes women face.
“Underrepresentation
of women in science is a global issue and it's not confined to the Arab world,”
she said.
Dr
Sindi received a degree in pharmacology from King's College London in 1995 and
went on to become the first Arab woman to earn a doctorate in biotechnology
from Newnham College, University of Cambridge.
She
has also carried out extensive laboratory work at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Harvard University and University of Cambridge.
Dr
Sindi recalls how her father always supported her in the face of a society that
told her that men are the breadwinners.
Receiving
her primary education in public schools in Makkah, Dr Sindi said she grew up
seeing men dominating science, from Persian mathematician and astronomer
Muhammad Al Khawarazmi to Albert Einstein.
“I
used to ask my father, 'are they really human beings?'” she said. “I just felt
I didn’t fit. I always aspired to have female role models.
“This
narrative put women off, worldwide. My father was a great man who always
encouraged me to think and supported me fully when I told the family about my
ambition to travel in 1990s and pursue my dreams in science abroad.”
Dr
Sindi said women have outperformed men in several key areas that have benefited
humanity.
“For
example, Stephanie Kwolek invented the fibre used in bulletproof vests, which
saved lives in many forms,” she said, referring to the Polish-American chemist
who died in 2014.
In
2007, she served as the director of Diagnostic for All, a non-profit initiative
that creates low-cost diagnostic devices designed for use in the developing
world.
In
2012, Unesco recognised Dr Sindi for her work in creating an ecosystem of
entrepreneurship and social innovation for scientists, technologists and
engineers in the Middle East. She was then named a Unesco Goodwill Ambassador.
She
has promoted social innovation and scientific progress as a way to create a
better quality of life for the most deprived.
In
2018, she was listed as one In 2018, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women,
an annual announcement that celebrates the most inspiring and influential women
from around the world.
She
said she will soon launch a project in Riyadh to give every young scientist,
technologist and engineer in Saudi Arabia and beyond the opportunity to fulfil
their potential, regardless of their gender, as well as help countries in the
developing world with scientific and educational infrastructure.
Huge
progress
Women
role models in the Arab world are not in short supply today, Dr Sindi said.
“Today
we see women who are leading engineers and technologists, who are not dealing
with science as boring stories but they do science to benefit their societies,”
she said.
“For
instance, when you tell young girls about MRI, this sounds boring, no? But you
engage them when you tell them the benefits of this scanning technology, which
has enabled doctors to rightly diagnose by screening any part or tissue of the
body.
“We
see women who want to develop solar systems in the developing world, women who
want to be biotechnologists to help farmers. This drive is on the rise compared
to the past decades when few women flourished in science.”
Asked
whether the Arab world will produce its first woman Nobel laureate anytime
soon, Dr Sindi said the prize is not the only recognition of excellence or
outstanding achievements and should not be a target in itself.
“This
shouldn’t be a target because the selection has many factors around it. So many
amazing scientists around the world haven’t got it,” said Dr Sindi.
Her
best advice to aspiring young scientists? Never give up.
“We
need to eliminate fear in our children and adopt the ‘you can’ culture. Give
them a purpose for the science they learn and do. I cried many times. I felt
stupid many times. It’s OK,” she said.
Source:
The National News
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Taliban
release Afghan women activists, foreigners
12
Feb 2022
Islamic
Emirate of Afghanistan announced that the foreigners who were detained for not
having identity cards, working licenses, and relevant documents were released
after identifying their identities.
Spokesperson
of the IEA, Zabiullah Mujahid in a Twitter post said that they were in a good
situation and were in constant contact with their respective families.
The
Two foreign journalists and their Afghan colleagues were detained on Friday,
February 11, 2022, and were in the Taliban’s custody for hours before getting
free.
UNHCR
in a Twitter post confirmed the detention and said that the two foreign
journalists and their Afghan colleagues were working for the agency.
In
the meantime, the Taliban have also released three Afghan women activists who
were detained three weeks ago.
Parwana
Ibrahimkhail, Tamana Zaryab Paryani, and another woman are reported to be
released on Friday but reports about the latter two are not yet confirmed.
Meanwhile,
rumors have it that Tamana Zaryab Paryani along with her three sisters will be
released soon.
The
women were released after staging anti-Taliban and pro-women demonstrations in
Kabul.
The
issue had gravely concerned the United Nation and had called for the release of
the women.
Source:
Khaama Press
https://www.khaama.com/taliban-release-afghan-women-activists-foreigners-765876589/
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Women
in Tanzania challenge male dominance in engineering
Kizito
Makoye ???????
12.02.2022
DAR
ES SALAAM, Tanzania
A
new generation of young women engineers in the East African country of Tanzania
is challenging the deeply rooted male-dominated engineering profession by
pursuing careers in what was once a no-go area for undergraduate girls.
A
group of engineers is being taught on a rolling basis to challenge men's
dominance in the technical area as part of the women-only Structured
Engineering Apprenticeship Program, which is co-funded by the governments of
Tanzania and Norway.
The
initiative, which began in 2003, served as a stepping stone for graduates and
has helped to increase the number of women engineers, as well as inspire
schoolgirls to follow in their footsteps when the time comes.
Men's
arena
For
decades, the country's engineering profession was perceived as a man's arena,
discouraging women from entering. According to the government's statistics, Tanzania
had only 2,595 professional engineers in 2010, with only 96, or 3.7% of them
being women.
Gender
imbalance is a serious problem that affects every sphere of human activity.
While some countries have taken a big step to quash it, others, such as Tanzania,
are still grappling with balancing the pendulum.
In
a bid to address the challenge, the Engineering Registration Board, which is
responsible for regulating engineering practice, sought financial support from
the Norwegian government to train women graduates and help increase their
number registered as professional engineers.
Honing
technical skills
Veronica
Ninalwo, an assistant registrar for the Structured Engineering Apprenticeship
Program, said the initiative, which began with a $2 million grant, has helped
more than 400 women engineers improve their technical skills over the last
decade or so.
"We
have taken serious measures to bridge gender imbalance in the engineering
profession because the prevailing state of affairs did not reflect the vision
of our organization," Ninalwo said as the International Day of Women and
Girls in Science was celebrated on Feb. 11.
According
to her, the program was created to train women graduate engineers and double
the number of registered engineers in the country.
"We
have given a preference to women so that they can acquire the requisite
professional qualifications before taking on additional family
responsibilities," she told Anadolu Agency.
Few
women hold technical engineering positions ostensibly due to a lack of
motivation and a common misconception that engineering is man's field, analysts
said.
Jackline
Kimaro is a women engineer working in a men-dominated field. There were only a
couple of girls in her class of 45 students at the College of Engineering and
Technology in Dar es Salaam.
"I
enjoyed being in that class and I knew I would succeed because my teachers were
very supportive," Kimaro told Anadolu Agency.
At
a time when most young women in her hometown of Rombo were encouraged to help
their mothers to milk cows or tend crops, Kimaro, who is gifted with a
distinctive analytical mind, was attempting to break men's domination in the
profession of engineering. "I developed a strong interest in solving
mathematical issues, which was the driving force behind my decision to pursue
engineering," she explained.
Shoulder
to shoulder with men
Kimaro
attended a premier girl's school while growing up in Moshi, in the country's
northeastern region, which may explain why she felt confident enough to rub
shoulders with boys at university.
"There
is a false belief that some fields of study or jobs are only suitable for men,
which girls are taught from a young age, and we must reject it," she
asserted.
"We
need role models who can motivate girls to pursue careers in engineering and
build a bright future for themselves," she said.
For
Agatha Kessy, 32, the biggest hurdle of her job as a civil engineer is not
about making complex decisions, rather the stereotypes she encounters while
working with men colleagues.
Kessy,
who supervises building projects in the capital, has to deal with a lot of
disobedience from the men she leads.
"When
I instruct them to mix concrete in a certain ratio, the casual laborers often
question my decision," she said.
She
does not receive the respect she deserves from her men colleagues, she alleged,
suggesting that "we need to get rid of that state of mind … Women are
capable of doing anything."
Shouting
above a crane on a busy construction site, Kessy is getting used to her work
and mingles freely with casual laborers some 20 years older than her.
Dressed
in a shiny orange safety jacket and a hard hat, she feels confident because
none of the men she supervises has a university degree.
"Those
who ignore my instructions often end up doing their work twice, because my
standards are high and there is no room for error in construction," she
said.
Source:
Anadolu Agency
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/africa/women-in-tanzania-challenge-male-dominance-in-engineering/2500621
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French
lawyer attacks EU over poster featuring Muslim woman
11
Feb 2022
A
French lawyer has criticised the European Union over an advertisement for its
Conference on the Future of Europe event featuring a hijab-wearing Muslim
woman.
Thibault
de Montbrial, an adviser to France’s centre-right presidential hopeful Valerie
Pecresse, said the use of such an image to illustrate the continent’s future
left him “speechless”.
The
hijab is a headscarf worn by some Muslim women and has been the subject of a
decades-long feud in France.
“The
Muslim Brotherhood dared not dream of it, the useful idiots did. For my part, I
will fight with all my might to avoid such a future for Europe,” de Montbrial
tweeted on Wednesday, citing the political group founded in Egypt nearly a
century ago.
Translation:
“The choice of a veiled woman to illustrate a conference ‘on the future of
Europe’ leaves you speechless. The Muslim Brotherhood dared not dream of it,
the useful idiots did. For my part, I will fight with all my might to avoid
such a future for #Europe. #Islamism”
The
poster for the ongoing event, which gives EU citizens the opportunity to have
their say on possible reforms of the bloc’s policies and institutions, includes
a call to “make your voice heard” and states “the future is in your hands”.
Picking
up on de Montbrial’s outburst, Mehreen Khan, EU correspondent for the Financial
Times newspaper, said the bloc was “once again being accused of being a
clandestine Islamist plot puppeteered by the ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ because there
is a Muslim woman on a poster”.
Khan
highlighted remarks made by French reporter Jean Quatremer, who claimed there
were known “links” between the European Commission – the bloc’s executive arm –
and the Muslim Brotherhood.
“But
nothing changes, because the EU is less and less democratic,” tweeted
Quatremer, the European correspondent for France’s Libération newspaper.
Khan
drew comparisons between those comments and the fractious, anti-immigration,
pro-Brexit campaign waged by some British politicians in 2016.
“For
all those who lamented the racism of parts of the Brexit Leave campaign, in
2022 apparently serious media from the EU’s biggest country hold up Brussels as
a rotten Islamist conspiracy because there are brown women in some EU stock
photos archive,” she tweeted.
The
social media row puts France’s treatment of its minority Muslim population –
the largest in Europe – back in the spotlight ahead of the country’s April presidential
election.
Last
month, the French Senate voted in favour of banning hijabs in sports
competitions.
That
move came a year after legislators in the French Parliament’s lower house
approved the so-called “separatism” bill to strengthen oversight of mosques,
schools and sports clubs in a bid to safeguard France from “radical Islamists”
and promote “respect for French values” – one of President Emmanuel Macron’s
landmark projects.
Officially
known as the law Reinforcing The Principles Of The Republic, Paris says the
now-legally enshrined legislation will bolster France’s secular system.
Critics
argue that it unfairly singles out Muslims.
Source:
Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/11/french-lawyer-attacks-eu-over-poster-featuring-muslim-woman
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Ethiopian
woman is first domestic worker in Lebanon to file slavery case against employer
BASSAM
ZAAZAA
February
11, 2022
DUBAI:
An Ethiopian woman has become the first migrant domestic worker in Lebanon to
lodge a criminal complaint accusing an employer of slavery.
In
the lawsuit brought against a Lebanese dentist, the 40-year-old Ethiopian
accused her former employer, a woman, of illegal confinement, torture, verbal
and physical abuse, and intimidation over a period of eight years, during which
she claims to have been treated as a “slave.”
In
a short video posted online, the woman said she started working for the Dentist
in February 2011, and alleged that she called her a “black slave” and used
other bad words against her.
“I
went to work in Lebanon to earn money and help my mother,” she said in the
video.
The
woman’s family feared she was dead as they did not hear from her for more than
seven years.
Court
documents allege that she was forced to work 15 hours a day, seven days a week
and only received payment for 12 months of service. She also accuses her former
employer of cutting her off from the world by locking her in an apartment, as
well as beating, insulting and threatening her.
Following
public pressure after her situation became known, the worker was released in
2019 and returned to Ethiopia, where she currently resides.
According
to documents obtained by Arab News, Legal Action Worldwide, a nonprofit
organization that provides legal assistance, offered advice to the worker
before she left Lebanon.
Fatima
Shehadeh, LAW’s Lebanon Program Manager, told Arab News on Friday that although
her organization assists dozens of migrant domestic workers in cases related to
forced labor and similar situations, the Ethiopian woman is the first to bring
a criminal case in the country based on such accusations.
When
asked whether the legal team representing the woman had also lodged a civil lawsuit
against the employer seeking compensation for financial, moral or emotional
damages, Shehadeh said that a request for compensation was submitted but she
declined to reveal the details because of client confidentiality.
A
judicial source told Arab News that the employer denied the woman’s accusations
when questioned by prosecutors and pleaded not guilty at Baabda Criminal Court
on Thursday. During the hearing, the accused asked presiding Judge Rania
Yahfoufi for an adjournment until she can hire a lawyer to defend her when the
court reconvenes on March 31.
“We
are pleased we are moving forward with the fight for justice,” said Antonia
Mulvey, LAW’s executive director. She added that thousands of migrant domestic
workers are reportedly subjected to torture, physical and emotional abuse, and
gender and race discrimination.
“(Her)
case is critically important for challenging the human rights violations
committed against MDWs because of an exploitative and abusive
migration-sponsorship system that excludes them from Lebanese labor law,
leaving them without any rights or legal protection,” she said.
The
worker’s legal team also asked for an arrest warrant be issued a second
suspect, an employee of the recruitment agency through which she was hired, but
the request was rejected.
Source:
Arab News
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2023046/middle-east
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