Saturday, January 23, 2016

Uganda bans housemaids from working in Saudi Arabia...

The Ugandan government has banned its citizens from taking jobs as domestic workers in Saudi Arabia, claiming they are often abused by their employers.

Wilson Muruli Mukasa, minister of gender, labour and social development, said on Friday that the government continued "to receive information of our people being subjected to inhumane treatment at the hands of the employers in Saudi Arabia".

"The ban will remain in force until the conditions are deemed fitting," Mukasa said in a letter sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Uganda's Independent magazine said the letter came days after an audio recording circulated on social media in which a number of Ugandan women claimed to be in prison in Saudi Arabia and shared stories of abuse. Full story...

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