Legarda Hails Conviction of Demafelis’ Employers, Urges Kuwait to Ratify ILO Convention on Domestic Workers

Senator Loren Legarda, Chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, today welcomed the news of the conviction of the couple responsible for the death of Filipina domestic worker, Joanna Demafelis, as she urged the Kuwaiti Government to ratify the International Labour Organization (ILO) Domestic Workers Convention, 2011 or ILO Convention No. 189.