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Working abroad may increase chances of abuse. A Ugandan woman gave an agent $400 to secure her a job in a mall in Dubai. But in the end, she was placed as a domestic worker for a much smaller salary and much, much longer hours…
Her passport and phone were taken away, and she was sometimes beaten. When she did escape, the Ugandan Embassy helped her, but did not assist her in finding a safe place to stay. It is estimated that 2.4 million domestic employees in the Gulf face abused.
Trigger warning: Article includes details of child abuse The Munich Higher Regional Court has convicted an Iraqi couple of enslaving two Yazidi girls and for being members of the Islamic State group (IS). The couple enslaved two Yazidi girls between 2015 and 2017. At the same time, IS systematically trafficked thousands of Yazidi women and children into slavery as part of its persecution of the religious minority. Sold at 5 years old in a Mosul
| Tuesday July 14, 2026
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