Migrant workers receive some protections, call for more, in Egypt

Egypt
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02/02/12

Year: 2012

Country: Egypt

Language: English

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In the wake of Egypt's revolution, domestic workers who once enjoyed absolutely no legal protections are now protected by laws against human trafficking, and some are benefitting. But it will be some time more until they enjoy the sorts of wage and other protections activists say they deserve. Julia Simon reporting from Cairo

Source: PRI

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