Middle East Avenue: Female Migration from Sri Lanka to the Gulf

by Grete Brochmann

Overview

Contributing to the literature on labor migration from less developed countries to the Gulf states, this sociological analysis focuses on the case of Sri Lanka’s large-scale exportation of its poorest women to serve as housemaids in private Arab homes. Dr. Brochmann provides a multileveled examination of the social structures that precondition the migration. Considering the household, the village, and Sri Lanka in the world economy, Middle East Avenue probes the causes of this traffic and its effects on the economy, society, and gender relations of the participants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367011499
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/07/2019
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 8.88(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface — Introduction — Theoretical Approach to Labour Migration and Gendered Labour — The Receiving Side—The Gulf — The Sender Side—Sri Lanka — The Migration Connection — Status of Women in Sri Lanka — Status of Sri Lankan Women in the Gulf — Local Level: Communities, Households and Individuals — Consequences of Female Migration to the Middle East