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Project summary

The objective of this project is to help address the violations faced by migrant workers in Kuwait by

several means, have them educate themselves about their rights and provide legal counseling.

First, the project aims to translate Kuwait’s Labor Law, currently available in Arabic only, in five other

languages: English, French, Urdu, Filipino and Hindi.

Secondly, the project will establish a hotline in these languages to receive information and complaints

from the employees, as well as monitor and document the violations to which they are exposed and the

ways to address them. The results will be published in periodic reports.

Third, the project will create the electronic platform «Together». This is an integrated multilingual

web and mobile solution that allows migrant workers in Kuwait to be aware of their rights and to call for

support in the case of rights’ violations. The platform seeks to help the workers to find the knowledge by

themselves. By using a multilingual application, easily accessible on mobile devices, and a website, the

project will contribute significantly to the reduction of rights violations by raising awareness and providing

legal advice. As such, it contributes to ensuring workers’ rights and their access to a decent life.

Lastly, the project will work on media exposure by promoting these activities through media campaigns

on the radio and social media.

 

Project objectives

  1. Contribute to educating and raising awareness among migrant workers in Kuwait about their rights as they are guaranteed by local laws and international conventions and codes.
  2. Take advantage of new technology and smartphone applications to promote workers’ rights.
  3. Provide legal counseling to expatriate workers in Kuwait in their mother tongues, so to contribute to their knowledge and protection.
  4. Raise awareness in expatriate communities through professional mechanisms, to demand and achieve these rights.
  5. Provide a positive model for an effective contribution from civil society to supporting workers’ rights.

Components of the project

  • Translations of the Labor Law
  • Comics in law
  • Hotline
  • Electronic  platform
  • Media campaign

TARGET GROUP & GEOGRAPHICAL AREA:

 TARGET GROUP:

 A – Migrant workers in Kuwait.

 B – Civil society organizations, associations, unions and the media.

 

 GEOGRAPHICAL AREA: 

 Six governorates in Kuwait: Kuwait City, Hawally, Farwaniya, Jahra, Mubarak al-Kabeer and Ahmadi.