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Protect Domestic Workers from Violence
24 Nov 2008 06:23:55 GMT
Source: Human Rights Watch
<p>  </p> <p>(New York, November 24, 2008) - Many migrant and domestic workers still face abuse and exploitation in Middle Eastern and Asian countries because governments have failed to adopt measures needed to protect them, Human Rights Watch said today ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25.</p> <p><a href="http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2008/11/23/protect-domestic-workers-violence">read more</a></p>


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