Lebanon: not really a domestic worker's paradise...

Lebanon has urged the Philippines to lift a travel ban to the country to help relieve a shortage of maids. 

The Lebanese consul in Manila said normality had returned since the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah when the Philippine travel ban was imposed. 

Tens of thousands of Philippine domestic helpers continue to work in Lebanon in defiance of the ban. More...

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1. Domestic abuse in China...
2. Maids in Lebanon: the horrible truth...