Add to ORKGMore than 1.7 million Sri Lankans now work abroad, and nearly 600,000 are housemaids… In Saudi Arabia, the most common destination, they call Sri Lanka “the country of housemaids.” Fifteen to 20 percent of the 120,000 (approx) Sri Lankan women who leave each year for the Gulf return prematurely, face abuse, nonpayment of salary, or get drawn into illicit human trafficking schemes or prostitution. [Presentation does not contain the images of the women because of permission issues.
The research explores the protections provided for migrant domestic workers who are highly undervalu...
Female migratory flows from the Horn of Africa are mainly directed to Arab countries and tend to tak...
Remittances that flow from low-skilled labor migration are critical to many developing countries, ye...
More than 1.7 million Sri Lankans now work abroad, and nearly 600,000 are housemaids… In Saudi Arabi...
Sri Lankan women have played an important role in transnational labour mobility since the 1980s. The...
There is overwhelming evidence that the increase in labour migration from SriLanka to the Middle Eas...
The debate regarding the problems faced by Sri Lankan women migrating abroad for employment is not a...
Changing labour markets with globalization have increased both opportunities and pressures for women...
This thesis is an anthropological study of Sri Lankan 'guest' workers in the Middle East, focusing o...
This study aims at investigating the life and work conditions of Female migrant domestic workers in ...
This thesis is an anthropological study of Sri Lankan 'guest' workers in the Middle East, focusing o...
Some of the world's largest flows of temporary migrant workers originate in Asian countries. Almost ...
Slavery was not abolished in Saudi Arabia until 1962, and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until 19...
Millions of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers from South-Asia to West-Asia experience ex...
Sri Lankan Housemaids have been tortured in the Middle East. The researchproblem of this study is to...
The research explores the protections provided for migrant domestic workers who are highly undervalu...
Female migratory flows from the Horn of Africa are mainly directed to Arab countries and tend to tak...
Remittances that flow from low-skilled labor migration are critical to many developing countries, ye...
More than 1.7 million Sri Lankans now work abroad, and nearly 600,000 are housemaids… In Saudi Arabi...
Sri Lankan women have played an important role in transnational labour mobility since the 1980s. The...
There is overwhelming evidence that the increase in labour migration from SriLanka to the Middle Eas...
The debate regarding the problems faced by Sri Lankan women migrating abroad for employment is not a...
Changing labour markets with globalization have increased both opportunities and pressures for women...
This thesis is an anthropological study of Sri Lankan 'guest' workers in the Middle East, focusing o...
This study aims at investigating the life and work conditions of Female migrant domestic workers in ...
This thesis is an anthropological study of Sri Lankan 'guest' workers in the Middle East, focusing o...
Some of the world's largest flows of temporary migrant workers originate in Asian countries. Almost ...
Slavery was not abolished in Saudi Arabia until 1962, and in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) until 19...
Millions of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers from South-Asia to West-Asia experience ex...
Sri Lankan Housemaids have been tortured in the Middle East. The researchproblem of this study is to...
The research explores the protections provided for migrant domestic workers who are highly undervalu...
Female migratory flows from the Horn of Africa are mainly directed to Arab countries and tend to tak...
Remittances that flow from low-skilled labor migration are critical to many developing countries, ye...