Insights & Perspectives
The complete GJK blog collection, followed by women’s first-person experiences.
Legal & policy analysisA Regional Labour Agreement Model for East Africa25 August 2026A legal and policy case for an East African regional framework that would strengthen collective bargaining with Gulf destination states and establish common minimum protections for migrant workers.
Blog & analysisTrapped Behind the Scam9 August 2026An examination of deceptive recruitment into Southeast Asian scam compounds, trafficking for forced criminality, safe migration, survivor protection and the remedies available under Kenyan and international law.
Blog & analysisWomen Are Leading Migration18 March 2026An analysis of women’s growing leadership in labour migration and why policy must move beyond protection to transform the gendered systems shaping work, mobility and access to justice.
Legal & policy analysisKenyan Women and Stateless Children in Saudi Arabia11 December 2025A call for coordinated action to secure recognition, protection and safe repatriation for Kenyan women migrant workers and their undocumented children in Saudi Arabia.
Blog & analysisFrom Myanmar to Malaysia3 September 2025An examination of deceptive overseas recruitment, debt, irregular status and isolation facing Kenyan job seekers recruited into work that differs from what they were promised.
Legal analysisThe Court We Cannot Access16 April 2025An explanation of the barriers preventing many individuals and civil society organisations from bringing cases directly before the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
Blog & analysisShe Builds Nations18 February 2025A reflection on the value of women’s paid and unpaid care work and the importance of recognising domestic work as work entitled to rights, dignity and legal protection.
Practice reflectionRising Together18 December 2024Reflections from the AWID Forum on feminist organising, solidarity and the collective action required to confront gender-based violence and structural inequality.
Blog & analysisFrom Silence to Solidarity29 November 2024A call for solidarity and sustained action against gender-based violence, inequality and the conditions that constrain women’s freedom and safety.
Blog & analysisTransnational Organised Crime and Accountability15 November 2024An analysis of exploitation affecting migrant domestic workers in Gulf states and the accountability gaps that allow cross-border abuse and trafficking to persist.
Blog & analysisTake Care of Those Who Care29 October 2024A reflection on the social and economic value of paid and unpaid care work and the rights, recognition and protection owed to the workers who sustain families and communities.
Forum reflectionAfrica Business and Human Rights Forum 202415 October 2024A reflection on GJK’s engagement at the Africa Business and Human Rights Forum and the responsibilities of businesses and states in addressing modern slavery.
Blog & analysisRescue Challenges in Lebanon7 October 2024An examination of the practical barriers Kenyan migrant workers face when attempting to register for evacuation and reach safety during crisis in Lebanon.
Practice reflectionRepatriating Loved Ones from the Gulf9 September 2024A reflection on the administrative, financial and evidentiary barriers Kenyan families face when seeking information and repatriating the remains of relatives from Gulf countries.
Analysis of Kenya’s overseas-employment platform and the safeguards, accountability arrangements and worker participation needed to prevent exploitation.
Women’s experiences
These accounts are presented as evidence of systemic justice gaps—not as narratives of suffering alone. Each page includes a content note, contextual analysis and a route to the original publication.
Lived-experience perspectiveFeith’s Journey4 September 2024Feith’s account traces how recruitment for domestic work became isolation, document confiscation, violence and a difficult route to safety and return.
Lived-experience perspectiveShattered Dreams9 September 2024Eunice’s account examines the family, financial and psychological consequences of exploitative labour migration and a prolonged repatriation process.
Grace’s account explores deception in recruitment, abuse in domestic work, barriers to assistance and the lasting physical effects of trauma after return.
Lived-experience perspectiveBrenda Shares Her Story4 September 2024Brenda’s account describes deceptive recruitment, excessive work, denied medical care, debt-based coercion and the challenges of seeking help and rebuilding after return.
Lived-experience perspectiveEverlyne’s Story9 September 2024Everlyne’s account follows recruitment, unpaid wages, cross-border transfer, coercion and her efforts to escape abuse and pursue justice before returning to Kenya.
Editorial principles
First-person material should be published only with appropriate consent and safeguarding review. GJK avoids identifying confidential cases, sensationalising harm or reducing women to their experiences of exploitation.
Where older archive material is reproduced or linked, the new page adds a clear content note and explains the justice and policy questions raised.
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