Domestic workers in Kuwait at risk?

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Human Rights Watch has revealed that migrant domestic workers to Kuwait are heavily exploited and have minimal protection against abusive employers.

The HRW, in their report have stated migrant domestic workers have minimal protection against employers who abuse them physically or sexually and from those who violate the workers’ rights through withholding salaries, forcing employees to work long hours with no days off and depriving them of adequate food. Workers who attempt to flee abusive employers are made to face criminal charges for “absconding” and are unable to change jobs without their employer’s permission, the report further states.

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Shivanka David Thursday, 07 October 2010 04:14 AM

This is not a common problem as we saw just few months back how a woman was given severe punishment by her employers after inserting nails into her body.

Fayad Thursday, 07 October 2010 04:37 AM

we have create more jobs in our country without sending people to other country's an say abuse & sexual abuse Etc.
If Malaysia & Singapore do why not we srilanka

AMICUS Thursday, 07 October 2010 05:02 AM

AS FAR AS DOMESTIC WORKERS ARE CONCERNED, SOME IN SRI LANKA MAYBE IN WORSE RISK THAN IN KUWAIT !

Roshan DW Thursday, 07 October 2010 05:05 AM

When is this 21st centuary slave trade going to stop? Only a marginal number of those who go make any money at all.The rest end up worse & many lives are destroyed.Even the monies that are sent are not utilized well,by the people living here.We sri lankans must rise up & stand on our feet in our own country.

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