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The seven-day-a-week life of a maid for Qatar's royal and rich
Qatar hosted and celebrated the World Cup this year. The tiny emirate on the small peninsula has a population of around 2.8 million, most of whom are expatriates. Many of them come from South Asia like India and Bangladesh, and others from Egypt and the Philippines. Most men work in the labor force while women work for domestic services. It is estimated that there are 160,000 such domestic workers in the country. They come to work in this oil-and-gas-rich country to earn and send money to their families because the living wages in their homelands are too low to support them. Their working hours, daily breaks, a weekly day off, and paid holidays are all guaranteed by Qatari law. Also, a minimum wage and the right to change jobs or leave the country are legalized. But what is their real life like as domestic workers for super rich and royal families?
Enjoy reading the article and learn about what Qatar’s, and probably other rich Arab emirates’ domestic workers’ life is like.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63851215
The seven-day-a-week life of a maid for Qatar's royal and rich
Qatar hosted and celebrated the World Cup this year. The tiny emirate on the small peninsula has a population of around 2.8 million, most of whom are expatriates. Many of them come from South Asia like India and Bangladesh, and others from Egypt and the Philippines. Most men work in the labor force while women work for domestic services. It is estimated that there are 160,000 such domestic workers in the country. They come to work in this oil-and-gas-rich country to earn and send money to their families because the living wages in their homelands are too low to support them. Their working hours, daily breaks, a weekly day off, and paid holidays are all guaranteed by Qatari law. Also, a minimum wage and the right to change jobs or leave the country are legalized. But what is their real life like as domestic workers for super rich and royal families?
Enjoy reading the article and learn about what Qatar’s, and probably other rich Arab emirates’ domestic workers’ life is like.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63851215
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