Gulf Countries: Social Media Networks Expose the Working Conditions of Migrant Domestic Workers

The New York Times reported that social media is a means for migrant domestic workers in the Gulf countries to express their suffering.

 

The same source pointed out that the video clips made by domestic workers on the platform TikTok in particular unveil their exposure to racism, discrimination, and sexual harassment.

 

They often use videos as a way to spread the word about their difficult working conditions in a ‘comic’ way.

 

Domestic workers use the platform to interact with viewers as a way to break their isolation, communicate with people, and to fight depression.

 

A human rights groups stated that COVID-19 hightened the isolation of these workers, increased work pressures on them, and further exposed them to abuse.

 

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