Blacklist sa Kuwaiti blogger hiniling

Nais ng isang non-government organization na isama ang Kuwait social media influencer at celebrity make-up artist na si Sondos al-Qattan sa blacklist ng abusive at undesirable foreign employers ng Philippine Overseas Employment Administration.

Sinabi ni Susan Ople, pinuno ng Blas F. Ople Policy Center, na ang blogger na mayroong 2.3 milyon Instagram followers at mahigit 100,000 Twitter fans ay dapat na pagbawalang kumuha ng kasambahay mula sa Pilipinas dahil kinakatawan niya ang pangit na mukha ng modernong pangaalipin.

“By her words, publicly uttered and shared through social media, her undesirability as a foreign employer, cannot be denied. She is not worthy to be even in the same room as our valiant and hardworking OFWs,” saad sa pahayag ni Ople.

Hiniling din ng Blas F. Ople Policy Center sa ibang bansa na nagpapadala ng domestic workers sa Kuwait na isama rin si al-Qattan sa kanilang listahan ng undesirable employers.

“We call on all labor-sending countries especially those that deploy domestic workers to Kuwait to emulate the Philippine government in banning Sondos al-Qattan as a potential employer of Filipino domestic workers. She is a disgrace not just to her country but also to her gender and the rest of humanity,” ani Ople.

Sinabi ng OFW advocate na ang insidente ay dapat na maging eye-opener sa anti-slavery advocates sa buong mundo.

Sa binura na niyang Instagram video clip, sinabi ni al-Qattan na: “The new laws that have been passed are like a pathetic film.”

“For her (the maid) to take a day off every week, that’s four days a month. Those are the days that she’ll be out. And we don’t know what she’ll be doing on those days, with her passport on her. How can you have a servant at home who keeps their own passport with them?”

Sa report na inilathala ng buzzfeednews.com, sinipi rin ang Kuwaiti blogger na nagsabing: “Even worse is that they get a day off every single week! What’s left? Honestly, with this new contract, I just wouldn’t get a Filipino maid. She’d only work six days a week and get four days off a month.”

Noong Mayo 11, lumagda ang Pilipinas at Kuwait sa bilateral labor agreement para mapabuti ang working at living conditions ng OFWs sa nasabing Gulf state.