Domestic workers bureaus ‘targets’

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KUWAIT CITY, Oct 15: Following the campaigns to boycott certain commodities and fish due to unjustified price hikes, Twitter users have now launched another campaign to boycott domestic workers bureaus due to the unjustified high cost of bringing a domestic worker into the country.

Twitter user Ghazi Al- Shabeeb condemned the high cost of up to KD 1,400 for employing housemaids, indicating that the situation becomes more complicated when the housemaid decides to leave after working for three months. He insisted that the cost of bringing a domestic worker into the country and employing her is unreasonable, adding that the domestic workers’ bureaus should be mainly held responsible for this negative phenomenon.

Another Twitter user Asma affirmed that the need for domestic help is a necessary evil especially for those with elderly parents who require more attention, and for working women. Most of the women participating in the boycott campaign affirmed that having domestic helpers depends on the need, contrary to the notion of it being a luxury.

Even though it is better not to have domestic helpers, many find it difficult to live without them, due to which they urged the concerned authorities to solve the problem as soon as possible.

By Khalid Al-Hattab Al-Seyassah Staff

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