Even though she is still waiting to return to Kenya, Catherine Macharia (40) is relaxed knowing that the UN is securing her travel documents. Photo: Tessa Fox
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Music is blaring from a speaker that flashes primary colours in unison with the beat. About 10 women are outside, dancing and conversing. To passers-by, this probably looks like a block party. It is not. These are Kenyan women who recently escaped the abusive households in which they worked in Lebanon.
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