Home Institution
Harvard University
Publication Date
Spring 2022
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to bring attention to the labor conditions for migrant women domestic workers and what agency they have in the workplace (the home of their employers) and the law in Jordan. Jordan is considered as having a model labor law for migrant workers in the region. Officials from the Ministry of Labor have claimed that this makes the Kafala System––a system of labor that puts migrant workers under the care, standards, and control of the employer––non-existent in the country. This study will look further on the extent that this is reflected to the experiences of many migrant domestic workers. It will also cover how Jordan’s laws regarding migrant workers’ rights have been formed and shaped by diplomatic engagement and pressures from migrant worker sending countries.
Disciplines
Immigration Law | Labor and Employment Law | Migration Studies | Near and Middle Eastern Studies | Social and Cultural Anthropology | Women's Studies
Recommended Citation
Lara, Jeromel Dela Rosa, "Domesticated: Migrant Domestic Workers in Jordan and Their Place in Jordan’s Law and Homes" (2022). Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection. 3501.
https://digitalcollections.sit.edu/isp_collection/3501
Included in
Immigration Law Commons, Labor and Employment Law Commons, Migration Studies Commons, Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, Social and Cultural Anthropology Commons, Women's Studies Commons
Program Name
Jordan: Geopolitics, International Relations, and the Future of the Middle East