LEBANON. Beirut. February 2025. Martha*, 25, in an Ethiopian shelter in Beirut. She came to Lebanon to earn a living a year and a half ago.

For the first three months Martha* spent in Lebanon, she was going through sexual harassment, but her employer did not believe her.



“My employer would yell at me if I ask her for anything or ask her a question. She mistreated me, often delaying paying me my salary,” says Martha*. “She did not believe I was going through sexual harassment. She even did not believe me when I told I her I was sick.”



*Name changed to protect identity