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45 Cornell Int'l L.J. 461 (2013)
Hope for Reform Springs Eternal: How the Sponsorship System, Domestic Laws and Traditional Customs Fail to Protect Migrant Domestic Workers in GCC Countries

handle is hein.journals/cintl45 and id is 465 raw text is: Hope for Reform Springs Eternal: How the Sponsorship System, Domestic Laws and Traditional Customs Fail to Protect Migrant Domestic Workers in GCC Countries Heather E. Murrayt Introduction ............................................ 462 1. Background on the Domestic Workers Convention ........ 464 11. The Kafala System ... ................................ 467 Ill. GCC's Other Obstacles to Ratification ................... 470 A. Exclusion from Labor Law Coverage ................. 470 B. Freedom of Movement ............................ 471 C. Freedom of Association ........................... 472 D. Sexual Harassment and Violence Against Women ...... 473 E. Minimum Wage Protection ........................ 473 F. Maternity Leave ... ............................... 475 G. Remuneration Established Without Discrimination Based on Sex ................................... 476 H. Equal Access to the Courts ..... .................... 477 1. ILO Core Labor Standards......................... 477 IV. Reforming GCC's Kafala System to Provide Rights to Domestic Workers . .................................. 478 A. Extend Labor Law Coverage to Include Domestic Workers ....................................... 480 B. Encourage the Formation of Women's Rights-Oriented NGOs ........................................ 480 C. Model Protests on Coalition of Immokalee Workers' C am paigns ........................................... 482 D. Cultivate a Culture of Care ............................ 483 Conclusion ............................................. 484 t Candidate for J.D., Cornell Law School, 2013. For their helpful comments and suggestions, I thank Professors Lance Compa and Angela Cornell. For their love and support, I thank my family. For their hard work editing my Note and the rest of this issue, I thank the entire staff of Cornell's International Law journal. For making me a better writer, I thank Linda Leavitt. For their motivation and their company during the Note-writing process, I thank my roommates Jessica Cauley and Dorota Poplawska. 45 CORNELL INT'L J. 461 (2012)

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