For the first time since she moved to Kuwait to become a live-in domestic worker, Maryanne believes her safety is in danger. She tends to a family of six and their ongoing confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic has caused tensions in the home to fray, putting her in the firing line.
“Yesterday, my boss acted like he wanted to hurt me, but I quickly ran to my room and locked it,” says the 39-year-old from the Philippines, in an interview with the Telegraph. “I cry so much because my employers are always angry. I have to be alert in case something happens to me.”