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  2. Human rights in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Human rights organizations frequently criticize Kuwait for the human rights abuses toward foreign nationals. Foreign nationals account for 70% of Kuwait's total population. The kafala system leaves foreign nationals prone to exploitation. Administrative deportation is very common in Kuwait for minor offenses, including minor traffic violations.

  3. Migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council region

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    The kafala system has been pointed out by human rights organization as one of the main sources of some of the human rights abuses reported in the GCC countries. [ 76 ] [ 84 ] [ 87 ] [ 88 ] [ 89 ] As this sponsorship system, often enshrined in labor laws, assigns the employer with the sole responsibility for the migrant worker, it also provides ...

  4. Bedoon - Wikipedia

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    The Bedoon or Bidoon (Arabic: بدون جنسية, romanized: Bidūn jinsiya, lit. 'without nationality'), fully Bidoon jinsiya, are stateless people in several Middle Eastern countries, [1] but particularly in Kuwait, where there is a large population of stateless people who lack access to many of the country's basic services.

  5. Migrant workers in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    The first Gulf Arab country to set a minimum wage for domestic servants was Kuwait. The large number of domestic workers urged the rest Gulf Arab countries to follow the approach taken by Kuwait to tackle widespread abuses. More specifically Kuwait on 2016 regulated the working conditions through legislation and rights groups.

  6. As Kuwait cracks down, a battle erupts over women's rights - AOL

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    When an instructor in Kuwait this month advertised a desert wellness yoga retreat, conservatives declared it an assault on Islam. Increasingly, conservative politicians push back against a ...

  7. Human rights in the Middle East - Wikipedia

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    The Arab Human Rights Committee, [7] was established in 2009 to oversee compliance with the Arab Charter on Human Rights, which entered into force in March 2017. As of the beginning of October 2009, ten Arab states ratified the Arab Charter on Human Rights.

  8. Women in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, Kuwait was ranked 117 of 145 globally in the Global Gender Index. [41] In 2020, Kuwait was ranked 122 of 153 globally in the Global Gender Gap Report. Regarding the GGGR subindex, Kuwait ranked 142 of 152 on political empowerment 143 of 153 on health and survival, 120 of 153 on economic opportunity, and 57 of 153 on educational ...

  9. Political issues in Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Since the 1970s, the Kuwaiti government annually announces that Kuwait will reduce the number of expatriates. Human rights organizations frequently criticize Kuwait for the human rights abuses toward foreign nationals. Foreign nationals account for 70% of Kuwait's total population. The kafala system leaves foreign nationals prone to ...