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Noor arrived in Dubai from Ethiopia 18 months ago to work as a housemaid for a local family. Only 19, she is now pregnant after being raped by her employer. Noor is not her real name.

“I don’t want to keep the baby … I need to provide for my family back in Ethiopia,” she told IRIN.

“The wife warned me that her husband had done this before, and not to speak to him too much,” Noor said, sobbing. “But one night he came into my room, threw me on the floor and raped me, while one of his children, a three-year-old, stood in the room and watched.”

She did not report the incident to the police for fear of being deported. When the family learned she was pregnant, they “told me to go home to Ethiopia and have the baby and then return to work for them,” Noor said.

According to an international watchdog, Human Rights Watch (HRW), there have been no cases of the prosecution in the UAE, of employers accused of raping domestic servants.

“This provides a culture of impunity that perpetuates sexual crimes against domestic workers. Our research indicates that all rape cases of domestic servants that are brought to the attention of the authorities, are settled out of court and no one has been prosecuted,” said Hadi Ghaemi, HRW’s Researcher for Middle East and North Africa Division.

“But we have been in contact with dozens and dozens of girls. Ninety-nine percent of the cases are horrific.” “I’ve seen women with bruises all over, and I know another girl who was forced to go into her employer’s room every night for s*x,” she said.

Angela cited rape, beating and starvation as ‘common’ forms of abuse. On top of this, “All have spent months paying back agencies for contracts and labour insurance,” she said. She said one girl had nothing to eat except the bread she stole and hid. Most domestic workers said they ate leftovers.

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  1. a man raped a woman...

    and it happens in western in every second..

    What it has got to do with employer being arab and noor being ajami.

    Crime is a crime.


  2. sexual harrasment si every where. working women facing manythings like this. sometimes willingly.

    This is not only among arabs but among others too,atleast in many asian countries.

  3. are you Noor herself?

  4. Whatever be the intention behind posting this qstn.I feel so surprised and hear breaking to see that for men "pious men" didn't find anything wrong with a female being raped.

    Happily happy happily states that "So what,women is US is raped always"..Wow,is that how you respond to a social evil??

    You guys are just concerned about "your fame"..

    Even if this news is fake,this is not the way to respond to such a story..How dirty your minds are..Doens't have any pity for females..I pity your character..

    If i myself were not a lady,i'l have wished all ladies in your house get raped so you'll know the pain and i'ld like to know whether you'll still say"oh,i dn't mind then getting raped and getting pregnant.This happensmore times in US."How good justification...

  5. i agree with happy on this !!

    rape is happening everywhere and who said that they r not punished in Arab countries ?? they r punished here and will be punished after that by Allah swt in h**l !!

    so stop the hatred toward Arabs
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