Honoring contracts isn't a strong point in this part of the world. We've all heard of maids being forced to work over 12 hours a day, 7 days a week, no time off, no rest.

All I'm saying is that it isn't a secret to most people that something needs to be done to improve the rights, if any, of maids. Qatar has a bad enough reputation for human rights abuses without having maid problems on top of it all.

There is already a chance that the Philippines government will start to ban their maids coming to work in Qatar if the situation doesn't improve.

http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/qatar/172162-filipino-maids-to-get-mode...