Detalles del documento

Imprima y guarde

Informe / Comunicado de prensa

The Situation of Women Migrant Domestic Workers in Bahrain

Fecha

2008

Resumen

The most pressing problems faced by women in Bahrain include the following:
– Discrimination in the workplace and denial of senior posts in both the
private and public sectors;
– Family law is uncodified and governed by all-male religious Sharia courts.
Influential sections of the religious establishment oppose a codified family
law, while the government has recently demonstrated a lack of interest in
pursuing the matter. Meanwhile, Sharia courts and Public Prosecution have
resorted to threatening activists who dare to criticize its discriminatory
positions and practices;
– Nationality: Children and spouses of Bahraini women married to non-
Bahraini men are not entitled to citizenship;
– Violence against women: Sexual harassment and domestic abuse against
women is commonplace, with very little institutional support for victims, and
marital rape is not considered a crime under Bahraini law.

Número del documento

42

Number of pages

3-16

Institución responsable

Bahrain Center for Human Rights, Bahrain Youth Society for Human Rights, Caram Asia

Archivos adjuntos

Conexiones

Palabras clave

Domestic Workers, Bahrainian Laws

Los sectores económicos

Occupations in services - Domestic work, Home child care providers, y Home support workers, housekeepers and related occupations

Tipos de contenido

Iniciativas de apoyo

Los grupos destinatarios

Legisladores, Periodistas, Conciencia Pública, Los investigadores, y ONG / grupos comunitarios / redes de solidaridad

Áreas de regulación

Derecho a la igualdad (de género)

Esferas de la actividad

Estudios en Género y Sexualidad

Idiomas

Inglés