After Villavende killing, workers’ group calls for temporary ban on sending household workers to Kuwait

“Despite the Philippine-Kuwait bilateral agreement in 2018, we have compelling reason of the lack or inadequacy of protection of our household workers in Kuwait and other Middle Eastern countries, and as part of its duty, the Duterte administration has urgent responsibility to review our bilateral agreement with Kuwait,” FFW president and Nagkaisa Chairman Sonny Matula said in a statement.

“The deaths of Demafelis, Irma Avila Edloy, and Josie Lloren, and the recent violent killing of Jeanelyn Padernal Villavende , who all died due to abuse sustained while they worked as domestic helpers abroad, are compelling reasons to justify the call for a temporary deployment ban of HSWs in Kuwait and some countries,” he said.

The OFW advocate said that a joint and independent probe by Congress would help establish the facts concerning existing monitoring systems for overseas domestic workers.

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