The kafala system or kefala system (Arabic: نظام الكفالة niẓām al-kafāla, lit. 'sponsorship system') is a system in the Middle East that involves binding...

Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region where slaves had previously been...

Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region where slaves had previously been...

of the former slaves. Chattel slavery was succeeded by the Kafala system. The kafala system has been abolished in Qatar since December 2016. However, concerns...

slaves. When chattel slavery was abolished, it was replaced by the Kafala system, which has been described as a modern form of slavery. During the Omani...

Slavery of people from Africa and East Asia was succeeded by the modern Kafala system of poor workers from the same region were slaves had previously been...

descendants of the former slaves. In contemporary Saudi Arabia, the kafala system, in which foreign workers are tied to a single employer for the duration...

The kafala system, present in a number of other Arab countries, governs the conditions and processes for employment of foreigners. Under this system, all...

contract without the need for their former employer's approval. The kafala system in Saudi Arabia previously tied workers to their employers, or sponsors...

Many of these migrants were brought into the GCC under the kafala system, a sponsor-based system used in the GCC, which is seen by many human rights groups...

and extreme working conditions leading to numerous deaths under the Kafala system. The state of women's rights in Qatar and a British tourism executive...

Kafala system. According to Sharan Burrow, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation, prior to the tournament, "the new Kafala...

earlier in the year, effectively dismantles the "kafala system" of sponsorships, although elements of the system remained. In March 2021, Qatar implemented...

which regulates migrant labor in the GCC countries is the kafala system, a sponsorship system which provides the legal basis for both residency and employment...

workers were employed under the Kafala system, which have been compared to slavery. The main legal source for the kafala system in Kuwait is the 1959 Aliens’...

investigating the immigrant labour system. In May 2014, DLA Piper released more than 60 recommendations for reforming the kafala system including the abolition of...

urged an intensified campaign to advocate for the abolishment of the kafala system in Arab nations. Senator Raffy Tulfo on January 29, called for a total...

reported on the use of Twitter and other online social networks by kafala system employers, "kafils", to "sell" migrant domestic workers to other kafils...

poor human rights and labor record, including modern slavery under the kafala system. Michele O'Neil also expressed concerns regarding the exploitation of...

country's construction, hospitality, and domestic work sectors under the kafala system which human rights groups say is linked to abuses including modern slavery...

Change to the kafala system has led to labor mobility. Another report by the United Nations claimed that “Qatar is changing. The new kafala system tranche of...

labour. In October 2019 Qatar abolished Kafala system and introduced basic minimum wage and wage protection system for migrant workers. Under these reforms...

as well as some African countries, among others. The sponsorship system known as Kafala is almost the only way to recruit migrant workers. It is also used...

problems regarding integration in Lebanese society. The ambiguity of the Kafala system in Lebanon has resulted in migrant domestic workers facing many legal...

these measures. Following abolition, the Kafala system emerged, resembling aspects of the previous slave labor system, particularly in its exploitation of...

foreign workers – mostly Ethiopian women – under the discriminatory Kafala system of sponsorship in Lebanon by 2019, there is also a large community of...

by the time the competition would be held, without reforms of the kafala system, out of the 2 million-strong migrant workforce up to 4,000 workers could...

Export processing zone Game sweatshop Impact of fast fashion in China Kafala system Labour inspectorate Maquiladora Michael H. Belzer, author of Sweatshops...

organization. Contractors advertise the work and rates. Qatar uses the kafala system. This system gives the network (in this case the contractor) the power to decide...

citizens. The report focuses on the fact that despite the easing of the Kafala system in 2020 as part of labor reforms, some substantial gaps remain in the...