Nourah Al-Sulaiman is the Student Outreach Manager for the Ensaniyat Project, a Migrant-Rights.Org initiative. Nourah was able to identify injustices around her from a young age. Acknowledging the privilege she had being a Kuwaiti in the Gulf, she made it her mission to make sure injustices faced by marginalized groups in the region are addressed. Using the power of dialogue in shaping societies, she focuses on getting the conversation going as a bottom-up approach to achieving change in attitudes towards migrant workers.
Having completed her Bachelors in International Relations with a minor in History, she plans to pursue her postgrad in International Human Rights Law. With an LLM in Law, she aspires to address societal factors allowing for poor treatment of migrant workers from a legal, historical and political aspect.
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Vani Saraswathi is the Editor-at-Large and Director of Projects, Migrant-Rights.org, and the author of Stories of Origin: The Invisible Lives of Migrants in the Gulf. The book is an anthology of reporting from seven origin countries over a period of three years.
Vani moved to Qatar in 1999, working with several local and regional publications, and launching some of Qatar’s leading periodicals during her 17-year stint there. During her stay in Qatar she, along with like-minded people, mobilized a grassroots community to help migrants in distress.
She writes extensively on human rights issues. Since 2014, in her role with Migrant-Rights.org she reports from the Gulf states and countries of origin. She also organizes advocacy projects and human rights training targeting individual employers, embassies, recruitment agents, and businesses in Qatar, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and UAE, working with nationals and long-term residents in these countries. A special emphasis is on female migrants, including domestic workers. Much of her advocacy effort is geared towards mainstreaming issues facing female migrant workers. She is a member of the Migration Advisory Group (previous Policy Advisory Committee) of ILO ROAS, the Policy Advisory Group of Freedom Fund’s Ethiopia hotspot, and Humanity United’s Advisory Group on Forced Labour and Human Trafficking. She has worked with ILO Addis Ababa on training modules for labor attaches being deployed to the Gulf states. She contributes as an expert commentator on issues related to human rights in the GCC for various international publications and at international forums, including various UN forums.
Migrant-Rights.org is a one of its kind bi-lingual content-based advocacy platform that focuses on the GCC states and the corridors of migration, Asia & Africa. It was started 13 years ago by activist Esra’a El Shafei. Vani divides her time between India, Qatar, and other GCC states.
Editor-at-Large & Director of Projects Migrant-Rights.Org
Author of Stories Of Origin: The Invisible Lives Of Migrants In The Gulf
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