Reforming the Kafala
Challenges and Opportunities in Moving Forward
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11147971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Azfar Khan (ILO Regional Office for the Arab States, corresponding author), Hélène Harroff-Tavel (ILO Regional Office for the Arab States) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 293-313 |
| Publication date | 2011-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Asian and Pacific migration journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0117-1968 • E-ISSN: 2057-049X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/011719681102000303 |
| OpenAlex | W2114980515 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper provides an overview of the kafala or sponsorship system, and explains the role the sponsor ( kafeel) assumes in the legal and economic responsibilities for the migrant worker for the contract period. The paper then assesses the initiatives undertaken to reform it in the Gulf Cooperation Council states, as well as in Jordan and Lebanon. An analysis of the previous attempts to reform the system shows that the results have been very limited to date. The paper goes on to examine reasons behind the lack of real reform, and ends with policy recommendations for an alternative to the system
Business · Economic growth · Economic reform · Economics · Political science · Politics · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Middle East Politics and Society · Public Administration · Socioeconomic Development in MENA
Global Pinoys
Toward Safer and More Productive Migration for South Asia
Introductory Chapter to the Edited Volume
Refugees but not Refugees
Navigating identity and agency through English Education
The Political Economy of the Kafala Abolishment in Saudi Arabia
Home and belonging
Leveraging the World Cup
Leveraging the World Cup
Islam and Female Migrant Domestic Workers in Qatar
Occupational Safety and Work-Related Injury Control Efforts in Qatar
Regulation through responsibilisation
Temporary labour migration in Asia
Crashing Eid
Ethnocentric and class barriers
Family dynamics, socio-cultural barriers, and disempowerment
Authoritarian Abdication
Dual precarity in South-South migration
Moving to the Gulf
A Disproportionate Risk of Being Executed
Using System Justification Theory to Explain the Support of Migrant Sponsorship in Gulf Countries (kafala)
Disgraceful return
Gulf householding
| Citations per year | 2.3 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Highly cited | No |