Domestic workers hold up placards condemning the kafala law. Picture: The Alliance of Migrant Domestic Workers in Lebanon/Open Democracy/Archive 2020Addis Abeba – Khaled Al-Dakhnan, the head of Kuwait’s Federation of Domestic Labor Recruitment Offices, said the salary of new Ethiopian domestic workers in Kuwait will be set around 90 dinars per month (≈$293). The Ethiopian delegation met with officials of Kuwait’s Public Authority for Manpower and the Federation of Domestic Workers Recruitment Offices, Kuwaiti media reported this morning. Kuwait has briefly suspended the recruitment of Ethiopian domestic workers, but lifted the ban in April 2018. The two countries were since discussing to finalize the signing of the agreement to govern the recruitment of domestic workers.

Source: Ethiopian News May 17, 2022 08:54 UTC