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The Hidden Cost of Remittances: African Women Domestic Workers in the Gulf

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The Hidden Cost of Remittances: African Women Domestic Workers in the Gulf

An examination of the gendered structures, labour conditions and migration systems that expose African women domestic workers in Gulf countries to exploitation.

Why it is included

The contribution connects remittances with the rights, safety and access-to-justice costs borne by women migrant domestic workers.

Women migrant workersRemittancesGender and migration

This resource is provided for research and public-interest learning. The views and findings of external publications remain those of their stated authors and publishers.

Resource record reviewed: 9 August 2026. Summaries are prepared by Global Justice Kenya; authorship of the underlying publication remains as stated above.