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Kuwait:
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Other pages in this profile of Kuwait:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Definition Land Forces, Kuwaiti Navy, Kuwaiti Air Force (Al-Quwwat al-Jawwiya al-Kuwaitiya), National Guard (2007) |
Military service age and obligation |
Definition 18 years of age for compulsory and voluntary military service; reserve obligation to age 40 with 1 month annual training; women have served in police forces since 1999 (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
Definition males age 16-49: 1,032,408 females age 16-49: 568,657 (2008 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 892,816 females age 16-49: 500,540 (2008 est.) |
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually |
Definition males age 16-49: 17,737 females age 16-49: 18,519 (2008 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
Definition - World rank and map 5.3% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
Definition Kuwait and Saudi Arabia continue negotiating a joint maritime boundary with Iran; no maritime boundary exists with Iraq in the Persian Gulf |
Trafficking in persons |
Definition current situation: Kuwait is a destination country for men and women who migrate legally from South and Southeast Asia for domestic or low-skilled labor, but are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude by employers in Kuwait including conditions of physical and sexual abuse, non-payment of wages, confinement to the home, and withholding of passports to restrict their freedom of movement; Kuwait is reportedly a transit point for South and East Asian workers recruited for low-skilled work in Iraq; some of these workers are deceived as to the true location and nature of this work, and others are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude in Iraq tier rating: Tier 3 - insufficient efforts in 2007 to prosecute and punish abusive employers and those who traffic women for sexual exploitation; the government failed for the fourth year in a row to live up to promises to provide shelter and protective services for victims of involuntary domestic servitude and other forms of trafficking (2008) |
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