Kuwait Keen On Protecting Rights Of Foreign Laborers
(MENAFN- Arab Times) Acting Director General of Public Authority for Manpower Ahmad Al-Mousa on Saturday underlined that Kuwait is eager to safeguard foreign laborers' rights. In statements to reporters, Al- Mousa said the authority has established a world-class integrated foreign laborers' sheltering center. He pointed out that the center, which accommodates up to 5,000 laborers, is meant to host foreign workers who have problems with their employers or sponsors until their disputes are settled or their financial and legal rights are fulfilled before they leave the country.
A plethora of social workers, psychiatrists, and lawers are working in the center to take care of the hosted foreign laborers, he clarified. Al-Mousa stated that several human rights organizations have visited the center and expressed admiration for it and for Kuwait's efforts to help and care for foreign laborers.
Meanwhile, the official unveiled that the authority is planning to introduce a new mechanism for contracting with foreign laborers whether in Kuwait or in their home countries to ensure that only highly-skilled and well-qualified would enter the Kuwait labor market. The new mechanism would include setting up special centers for advance-testing of job candidates theoretically and practically, he added.
In other news, Kuwait's Ministry of Information is planning to hold a media seminar, on Monday, in Morocco, on sidelines of Asilah Cultural Festival 2015, a ministry official announced. The seminar, themed "Arab media in digital information world," will be patronized by Information Minister and State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- Humoud Al-Sabah, in coordination with the Moroccan festival management, said Faisal Al-Mutallaqem, the information assistant undersecretary, in remarks to KUNA.
It aims at promoting Kuwait's "media perspective toward various issues in the sector," he said, noting that the minister personally supports such an interactive activity for upgrading Arab electronic media and boosting its role at intellectual and cultural levels. Current status of the Arab media in the global digital information will be addressed by participating elite academics, researches and media personalities.
A plethora of social workers, psychiatrists, and lawers are working in the center to take care of the hosted foreign laborers, he clarified. Al-Mousa stated that several human rights organizations have visited the center and expressed admiration for it and for Kuwait's efforts to help and care for foreign laborers.
Meanwhile, the official unveiled that the authority is planning to introduce a new mechanism for contracting with foreign laborers whether in Kuwait or in their home countries to ensure that only highly-skilled and well-qualified would enter the Kuwait labor market. The new mechanism would include setting up special centers for advance-testing of job candidates theoretically and practically, he added.
In other news, Kuwait's Ministry of Information is planning to hold a media seminar, on Monday, in Morocco, on sidelines of Asilah Cultural Festival 2015, a ministry official announced. The seminar, themed "Arab media in digital information world," will be patronized by Information Minister and State Minister for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al- Humoud Al-Sabah, in coordination with the Moroccan festival management, said Faisal Al-Mutallaqem, the information assistant undersecretary, in remarks to KUNA.
It aims at promoting Kuwait's "media perspective toward various issues in the sector," he said, noting that the minister personally supports such an interactive activity for upgrading Arab electronic media and boosting its role at intellectual and cultural levels. Current status of the Arab media in the global digital information will be addressed by participating elite academics, researches and media personalities.
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