The Kuwaiti daily Al-Qabas reported earlier this week about another suicide attempt by a maid in Kuwait. The Ethiopian women attempted to kill herself by jumping off the roof of her employer’s house on the first floor in Hawalli. Medical staff that arrived at the scene found that she had multiple fractures in her arms and legs.
The paper reports about another unclear incident in which a 26-year-old Egyptian worker “fell” from the first floor in his office in Al-Ahmadi, a district in Kuwait City. He was also found with multiple fractures to his limbs.
Either this man fell because of poor safety in his workplace, or he tried to commit suicide. In any case, the authorities should investigate the causes of this fall.
Prior to these incidents, there have been eight reported cases of suicide or suicide attempts in Kuwait since October 27.
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November 20, 2009
[...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by MEY Aggregator and Migrant Rights, Fadi El Khaja. Fadi El Khaja said: RT @MigrantRights: Another Suicide Attempt by a Maid in Kuwait http://is.gd/4ZREK #MigrantRights [...]
November 21, 2009
These incidents are very often incorrectly reported as suicides. Domestic workers are very often locked in their houses, even their rooms, by employers. They try to escape by climbing down from windows, sometimes making ropes out of bedsheets. Sometimes they suceed, and other times they end up in the hospital. Suicide is a crime in Kuwait, so the employer brings this charge so that the maid will be deported, and they won’t have to face consequences for any abuse. It’s also a more publicly acceptable explanation than the alternative: that many maids will take huge risks to escape abusive employment situations.
November 28, 2009
[...] for migrant workers in Kuwait. Prior to these incidents, since October 27 there have been at least 10 reported cases of suicide or suicide attempts by migrants in [...]