Kuwait Showcases Efforts to Protect Domestic Workers

Kuwait’s National Standing Committee to Combat Human Trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants participated in the seventh session of the Governmental Forum on Combating Human Trafficking in the Middle East, hosted by the Kingdom of Bahrain from the 12th to the 14th of this month.

In a statement on Monday, the Committee noted that the Kuwaiti delegation was led by Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Technical and Administrative Affairs at the Ministry of Justice, Nouf Al-Qabandi, alongside representatives of the national entities that are members of the Committee.

The statement clarified that the participation aims to enhance regional and international cooperation and exchange expertise in combating human trafficking and developing victim protection mechanisms. It added that Al-Qabandi will take part in a dialogue session titled “Protecting Domestic Workers: Challenges and Implementation Solutions” during the forum’s proceedings.