A horrifying story was featured in the last page of the Kuwaiti daily newspaper Al-Qabas. The report said that a baby who is less than a year old is living in prison right now. The child is allegedly the result of “adultery” between an Indonesian housemaid and a Bengali man. The woman co…
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Kuwait: Months-old baby in Jail
July 18th, 2011
Housemaids Kuwait Prisoners Women
ILO criticizes the status of domestic workers in Kuwait
July 18th, 2011
Abusive employers Housemaids Kuwait Rape Suicide Women
The Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Qabas tried on the 18th of July to sum up in five lines the results of the International Labor organization meeting with Kuwaiti representatives discussing the status of workers in Kuwait. The ILO representatives said that Kuwait needs to work on protecting domestic workers ...
Kuwait: Minister Rejects Off-Days for Maids on Account of Tradition
June 11th, 2011
Housemaids Kuwait Legislation Sponsorship
Kuwait has always been heavily criticized for the treatment of migrant workers and the little attention media and the government give this serious issue. On the 9th of June, al-Qabas newspaper reported a statement taken by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) of the Minister of justice and social affairs Moham...
Domestic Workers Raped, Murdered and Commit Suicide in Kuwait
June 11th, 2011
Abusive employers Death Housemaids Kuwait Rape Suicide
Since the 24th of May, no updates have appeared on the case of an Ethiopian maid who has accused her sponsor of raping her. This maid, as reported by the Kuwaiti Al-Watan daily, was able to escape her sponsor’s house after he had raped her, and went to her embassy which sent her to the police ...
Kuwait: Law Preventing Working Outdoors during the Summer
June 11th, 2011
Abusive employers Kuwait Legislation Working conditions
Walking for minutes outside in the summer of Kuwait is an unpleasant experience, people often complain. Kuwaitis keep grumbling about the high temperature that reaches 60 °C in the summer, even though they drive air conditioned cars. On the other hand, migrant workers, especially those in the const...
Modern-Day Slave Trade in Kuwaiti Papers
June 6th, 2011
Housemaids Kuwait Recruitment Agencies Slavery Trafficking
Below is an article that appeared in the Kuwaiti daily al-Qabas last month about the abuses domestic workers in the Kingdom suffer and the “slave trade” of domestic workers from one sponsor to another or from recruitment agencies to Kuwaitis. We present the English translation of this un...
Kuwait: Asian maid forced into prostitution, others commit suicide
May 21st, 2011
Death Housemaids Kuwait Suicide Trafficking
Maids in Kuwait do not only suffer from rape and abuse that leads to suicide attempts. Recently, an Asian maid has been locked in a house in Jileeb Al-Sheiokh area and forced into prostitution for four months until she was able to escape and went to file a case in the police station as reported by A...
Kuwait: Maids Raped and Beaten, Others Commit Suicide
May 8th, 2011
Housemaids Kuwait Rape Suicide
If you keep an eye on Kuwaiti newspapers, you will reach the conclusion that at least two maids try to commit suicide every week, beside those of them who get raped, beaten, humiliated, or mistreated. On the 27th of April, the Al-Watan Arabic Newspaper reported that a Philippine maid was found on th...
Kuwait: Escape attempts end with death
April 24th, 2011
Death Housemaids Kuwait Suicide
The sad Kuwaiti film keeps repeating itself with maids trying to commit suicide or run away from the houses where they get mistreated, humiliated, abused, or harassed. On the 22th of April, Al-Watan Arabic daily newspaper reported that a Philippine maid tried to escape using a robe from the third f...
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