According to the Addis Standard news portal, Sadik arrived home safe and sound and has reportedly reunited with her relatives. Despite the fall, the maid was able to walk away with just a broken arm and bleeding from her nose and ears after hitting a metal. Agnes settles for bronze as superior Ethiopians come topIn Kuwait, there are around 600,000 domestic workers, mainly migrants who go to the country to look for jobs. Complaints of abuse are common and the country’s kafala system of visa sponsorship prevents domestic workers from changing jobs without the permission of their employer. According to Human Rights Watch, the system “remains a major obstacle to domestic workers’ rights” despite some progress having been made in 2016 to protect them.

Source: Standard Digital August 25, 2017 13:25 UTC