Every year women from various Asian and African countries come to Lebanon to work as domestic workers, nannies, and care-takers for the elderly. To most Lebanese their lives in Lebanon are confined to their employment inside the employer’s home or to news stories of their suicides or deaths appearing in national news; but the lives of these women are more complex and their relationships span both Lebanon and their origin countries.

The exhibition provides insight into the everyday lives of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon. The photographs touch upon all aspects of their lives: social, religious, personal, and professional, and provide a lens into the unseen lives of these women. Photographs are taken by photographer Matthew Cassel.

The exhibition is part of a larger project implemented by KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation* and the Danish Refugee Council (DRC) aimed at stopping the exploitation of migrant domestic workers in Lebanon. This project is funded by KVINFO, Danish Centre for Information on Gender, Equality and Ethnicity.

*KAFA is a Lebanese non-profit, non-political, non-confessional civil society organization committed to the achievement of gender-equality and non-discrimination, and the advancement of the human rights of women and children.