Kafa (Enough) Violence & Exploitation

Last modified: 
15/02/2024 - 2:06pm

KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation is a feminist, secular, Lebanese, non-profit, non-governmental civil society organization seeking to create a society that is free of social, economic and legal patriarchal structures that discriminate against women. KAFA has been aiming to eliminate all forms of exploitation and violence against women since its establishment in 2005. It seeks to realize substantive gender equality.

Acronym: 
KAFA
Organisation Type: 
Local Civil Society Organisation
Founding Year: 
2005
Country of Origin: 
LB
Scope: 
National
Country/ies of Operation: 
Lebanon
Intervention Sector(s): 
Advocacy & Awareness
Contact person's position: 
Director
Contact person's email: 
Contact person's phone number: 
+9611392220
Address: 
43 Badaro Street
Beirut , Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: +9611392220
Fax: +9611392221
Beirut LB
City: 
Beirut
Street: 
43 Badaro Street
Phone: 
+9611392220
Email: 
kafa@kafa.org.lb
Fax: 
+9611392221
Contact person's name: 
Zoya Rouhana
Partnerships: 
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Project Overview: KAFA invites experienced directors and filmmakers to submit proposals for the production of a Television Commercial (TVC) spot. The TVC will serve as a powerful medium to raise awareness about the importance of using multiple reporting channels to end and limit gender-based violence and to make a social change.

Tuesday, 20 February 2024
Expired

Resources

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The brief of this qualitative exploratory study was to conduct targeted interviews with female employers of migrant domestic workers, psychiatrists, lawyers and institutional stakeholders in Lebanon.

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In recent years, the “sponsorship system” (kafala) in Lebanon and in other countries in the region has been identified as a core problem leading to the exploitation and abuse of migrant domestic workers.

Press Releases

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عمِلَت وزارة العمل بشكل غير علني وبالتعاون مع أصحاب مكاتب استقدام العاملات في الخدمة المنزلية على مسودّة عقد العمل الموحَّد الخاص بتنظيم العمل المنزلي للعاملات المهاجرات في لبنان، مستبعدين من النقاشات العاملات والجمعيات المختصّة المعنية. بعد الاطّلاع على المسودة، نعتبر أنّ هذه الخطوة هي سقطة موصوفة، تنتهك حقوق الإنسان البديهية لصالح حفنة من أصحاب المصالح المادية و”التجّار“ المتمثّلين بمكاتب استقدام العاملات المهاجرات إلى لبنان.

Press Release

The Ministry of Labor has worked covertly, in coordination with owners of recruitment agencies, on a draft Standard Unified Contract and has excluded from the discussions the domestic workers and the NGOs who have a long experience in this context. After reviewing the latest draft, we consider the contract to be an absolute scandal that audaciously violates basic human rights in favor of the vested interests of a handful of “traders” embodied by the recruitment agencies in Lebanon.

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KAFA is a feminist Lebanese non-profit civil society organization working towards eradicating all forms of gender-based violence and exploitation of women through advocating for legal reform and change of policies and practices, influencing public opinion, and empowering victims.
Kafa has zero-tolerance for Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (SEA) of beneficiaries. Protection from SEA is everyone's responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, which enforces the principles of PSEA, during & outside work hours.

Friday, 31 January 2025
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Kafa is a feminist Lebanese non-profit CSO working towards eradicating all forms of gender-based violence and exploitation of women and girls through advocating for legal reform and change of policies and practices, influencing public opinion, and supporting and empowering victims.
PSEA: Kafa has zero tolerance for Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of beneficiaries. Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) is everyone's responsibility and all staff are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct, which enshrines principles of PSEA, always (both during work hours and outside work hours).

Sunday, 15 December 2024
Expired

Projects

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A team of specialized social workers, lawyers, psychiatrists, psychotherapists and forensic doctors provides a series of services to women and children victims of violence and exploitation, and...