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In the #UAE & #Kuwait, they can work up to 12 hours a day, while in #Saudi Arabia & #Qatar, the limit is 10 hours. In #Bahrain and #Oman, there are no limits at all.

Instead of relief, #domesticworkers experience heightened workloads, making an already difficult job even more gruelling.

#MigrantRights

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Migrant Rights · Ill-prepared and uninformed, Ghanaian women risk it all for jobs in the Gulf -  Migrant RightsIn Ghana, if you come into the world a she, acquire the habit of praying. And master it. Because you will need it, desperately, as old age pursues you [...] If, on top of this, your children, waging a desperate war of their own for economic survival, find themselves having too little time for you,&hellip
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#HumanRights groups say that #MigrantWorkers in #Kuwait are vulnerable to #abuse and #exploitation because of the "#kafala" sponsorship system, which ties their #visas to their #employers.

The #Philippines halted the deployment of new #DomesticWorkers to Kuwait last year after the body of a #FilipinoHousemaid was found in the desert. #India #OFW

Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims return
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FRANCE 24 · Indian relatives grieve as bodies of 45 Kuwait fire victims returnBy France 24
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