Returning, Reintegrating, Recycling in Ethiopia

Addis Ababa — Lured by the promise of good employment opportunities and high salaries promised by labour brokers, 19-year-old Saba Getachew Mengesha did not think twice when a recruitment agent approached her with a job offer in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Young, desperate and vulnerable, Saba was easily convinced and in 2004, she fell for the agent’s promises and left her home…