'I’m afraid of him.' Multiple women tell CNN they faced abuse and exploitation while seeking help at an African consulate in Lebanon.
Updated 0642 GMT July 28, 2020CNN is committed to covering gender inequality wherever it occurs in the world. This story is part of As Equals, an ongoing series.
Beirut, Lebanon — A deep sense of fear descended over Gloria as she stepped off the bustling street into her country's consulate. Weeks earlier, she said, she paid the honorary consul $1,500 saved up over five years laboring as a domestic worker to help her return to Kenya. He was asking for more money, she said, and she braced herself to confront him. "Good morning, sir," she said."I've come to take back my money.
Assistant consul Kassem Jaber Jaber, the assistant consul, denied all allegations of wrongdoing at the consulate. "We never overcharge any girl," Jaber told CNN by phone, insisting that the consulate had helped hundreds of vulnerable Kenyan women in Lebanon. "...everything is monitored by the consul himself so that no one will harm or insult any Kenyan girl, because we have a very good reputation here in Lebanon.
Gloria Gloria -- who confronted the honorary consul -- alleges that during her encounter with him and amid a barrage of insults, the consul suggested she"go outside and find money ... find a man." "He told me, if you are saying you don't have money, you are a woman, you can go outside and find money," Gloria said."He told me you can get money. You can find a man." "I say what? You are a lawyer ... why are you telling me this?" Gloria recalled.
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