Trapped in Oman

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A story of humanity in the face of inhumanity.

It starts with women from Malawi who travel to Oman in the hope of improving their lives. Instead, they find themselves trapped in servitude as domestic workers. BBC Africa Eye has spent months uncovering evidence of physical and sexual abuse through voice notes, videos, and texts. But as reporter Florence Phiri reveals, there’s a network of women working across continents, fighting to try to bring them home.

Warning: Some people may find details in this story distressing.

Presenter: Florence Phiri Producers: Nicky Milne and Rob Wilson Editors: Tom Watson and Rebecca Henschke Sound engineer: Rod Farquhar

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0:00.0	World of Secrets, Season 2, investigates allegations surrounding one of the most powerful religious figures of the 21st century, TB Joshua.
0:10.0	Search for World of Secrets wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
0:15.0	Before we start, please note that this episode contains content that you may find disturbing,
0:21.0	including descriptions of sexual abuse. My name is Charity.
0:33.0	My name is Charity.
0:34.0	Friends, Woeshills.
0:37.0	Please help me.
0:42.0	It's late at night and I've just received this video from a woman in the Middle East.
0:48.0	It's a plea for help.
0:50.0	A man, we would die.
0:55.0	I would die.
0:57.0	I'm getting Thina.
1:00.0	I am a living human being, but just look at his bones. I used to be fat and healthy.
1:07.0	I think of my son, but I'm not even though no, no, no, papillowain.
1:12.0	I'm watching this in Malawi where a charity is also from. She went to Oman to take up a job as a domestic worker. Hello, sister, things are not okay.
1:28.0	One time I broke a flask and I was beaten. I was beaten severely. They both beat me with a stick. Another time he's drunk with me.
1:45.0	She is not the only Malawian woman I'm speaking too who is trapped in a man.
1:50.0	I am Flollens Pee, a reporter with BBC Africa I. For the documentary from the BBC World Service,
1:59.0	this is their story and the story of the fight to try to bring them home.
2:04.0	It started with this post on Facebook,
2:11.0	written by a woman called Jojina.
2:15.0	As I'm writing this to you, I'm stuck here in Oman.
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