ILO denies funding demonstrations by migrant domestic workers in Lebanon

In response to an article published in An Nahar last Saturday entitled: “Is a trade union ‎for migrant domestic workers really a threat?”, the International Labor ‎Organization (ILO) Regional Office for Arab States denied in a statement the ‎disbursement of USD 400 thousand to support demonstrations in Lebanon‏ ‏by migrant ‎domestic workers (Click to refer to news: MoL persists in denying MWDWs their rights). However, the statement confirmed that ILO by virtue of ‎its mandate did‏ ‏provide technical support and information to help migrant women ‎workers organize their union. The statement added that ILO provides technical and ‎financial aid to its social partners in the framework of various comprehensive and ‎specific programs aiming at improving the conditions of workers, including domestic ‎worker, also noting that these programmers are implemented in partnership with the ‎Ministry of Labor, the National Federation of Trade Unions, employers’ associations as ‎well as civil society organizations. (An Nahar, July 9 2015)‎