A Filipino domestic worker who claims she was exploited by her employer in Jordan for nine years was finally able to escape from her ordeal.
Isa Al-Maeda left the Philippines to work in Jordan in order to support her ill parents and her siblings, CNN reported.
She was promised a monthly salary of US$500. However, she was only paid that much for her first month, then only $300 in the second and third months. After that, she claims her employer stopped paying her altogether and kept her passport.
She says she worked for 17 hours each day without any rest. She was not able to renew her work and residency permits and ended up working as an illegal immigrant.
In 2015, Al-Maeda was able escape from her employer after she made contact with her sister, who was traveling from Dubai to Jordan. Al-Maeda went to Amman, where she worked illegally to make up for the nine years she was not paid.
Al-Maeda then went to Tamkeen, a non-governmental organization in Jordan that specializes in providing legal aid to migrant workers, and there she learned of her rights. However, such cases take years to work their way through Jordan’s courts, too long for Al-Maeda to see justice done.
She was deported back to the Philippines in November.
President Digong should include Jordan to countries where it is prohibited to send domestic helpers. Kuwait is already targeted.
So ndi nya nakamit ang justice!… bigyan ka ng korona!… 9 years!… wow!… nakakaawang nakaka bwiset!…
Madami din mabait na amo sa jordan swertihan lang talaga mag abroad dapat ung mga salbahi na amo kinukuha mga name taps blocklist na sila para di na makakuha
Hey ang tagal naman yan, balitang panis para may ibalita lang at may maglike sa page, hahaha may
There is an old saying … "Work for dogs, you can expect to be treated like a dog". Too many DM’s are being abused, raped, starved and basically imprisioned by having their passports and mobiles taken away. Thank hard about where you want to go work. Not all people are like dogs, but unfortunately in some countries, it’s worse than others.
True! Sana mapansin sia ng govt habulin mga walanghiang manunuba and made them pay plus interest n damages in millions!
Sabi ni PRDD s mga arabo; " Is there something wrong with your culture?"…. I agree… nasa kultura nla ang mala hayup n pag uugali nla…. kc against s principle ng Islam ang pang aapi s kapwa…
Don’t go there are other places far far better and will treat you with respect and dignity. The government needs to protect it’s netizens and stop restricting freedom of travel and work. Everyone deserves the right to feed their family.
In Islam it is obligarory to pay your employee before the sweat dries, meaning you have to pay her dues exactly at the prescribed time, those who eat a poor person wage are surely evil people and their place is hellfire.
Working abroad is a gamble.. tssk tssk what a pity to those unlucky.
This how idiot justice in all middle east region
wag kang manghusga kung di mo pinagdaanan ang pinagdaanan nya…maraming runaways dito at karamihan di makauwi dahil di nagawa mga papel nila ng kanilang mga amo at napilitang tumakas dahil minamaltrato, alam mo ba kung magkano bawat araw na overstay ka dito dahil di ginawa papel mo? 105 pesos kada araw, depende sa palitan.kaya yung iba napipilitang mag iligal para kahit papaano makaipon at makapagpadala ng kahit kaunti sa mga mahal nila sa buhay. punta ka dito maybe kung maranasan mo ang mga dinanas nila matatauhan ka at makapag isip ng tama.
Well, they want to do something to better their lives. Some people are not so fortunate like most of us , so they look for ways to raise their heads above water so they can breathe a little…and to alleviate their loved ones from the poverty they’re in. It is not their fault they wanted something better for themselves and their loved ones. Wag masyadong manghusga sa mga taong gumagawa ng paraan para mabuhay ng maginhawa kaysa nakatunganga at nakikita nilang nagugutom ang pamilya nila. sobra na silang naapi kaya wag na nating dagdagan ang pagka api nila sa pagsisi sa kanilang choices. ang i-judge natin yung mga nambiktima sa kanila.
Step in ang gobyerno natin, na ang DH hindi na dapat stay in sa bahay me outside accommodation at number of hours to work ! Mahirap talaga ung nasa loob k ng bahay ng employer mo ..andun lahat ng abuso !
My mali sa news.! Ang tanong saan ba sya tumuloy kaagad noong kakatakas nya lng? Sa mga kapwa Filipinos, sa Embassy, nearby police station, or sa Ministry of Labour????? Kc kng sa babayan sya tumuloy at ng Freelancer sa labas then nahuli ng authorities dhl naunahan sya ng kanyang employer mgfile ng report sa police na RUNAWAY, so abswelto si employer sa Police, Ministry and Immigration. Pero kng sa Ministry, baka mabayaran pa sya ng employer, dhl malalaman naman un kaagad kng ilang years sya hindi inirenew ng employer ung kanyang working permit and residence I. D.!
That is NEVER an effective solution because NOT ALL kabayans who work overseas as DH are maltreated.
Just let ALL people who aspire to work abroad and allow them to go to the country of their choice. Kasi marami rin namang sinuswerte sa kanila.
Kahit naman hindi DH, kahit naturingang degree holder, naaabuso pa rin. Kahit nga diyan sa Pilipinas eh, may inaabuso ng kapwa Filipino. Abuse comes in different degrees and forms. Kahit "work politics" sa corporate world, nagdudulot ng abuse, suffering in many aspects.
Dito sa UAE, may perfect examples ako ng isang "international school" na maraming Pinoy na teachers, teaching assistants at helpers. Sila mismo ay inaabuso. Low wage, iniiipit kapag aalis, pinapa-deport, ina-accuse ng kung anu-ano. By the evil Indian owners.
I can write a doctoral disserration or a thick book sa karanasan nila.
But they choose to stay. Because they have NO BETTET OPTION sa Pilipinas. And maybe because they are not that qualified to be in a better institution.
Erratum: dissertation, better
BTW, this school STILL RECRUITS in the PH.
I don’t know how they are able to do so. Or if there had been complains, in the first place. Or how the agencies they work with do their job.
I agree.
Opinion ko lang din, walang mang-aabuso at manloloko kung walang magpapaabuso at magpapaloko.
Sa mga kakilala ko dito sa UAE na nakaranas ng unfair treatment sa work, mapa-professional man o mga blue collar job, may napansin ako na common traits sa kanila.
Kaya gusto kong mag-conclude na "Depende na lang din sa tao kung magpapaabuso ka o hindi. Dapat madiskarte ka at palaban, sa tamang paraan."
Rudy V. Orense tama