Middle East Avenue: Female Migration From Sri Lanka To The Gulf / Edition 1

by Grete Brochmann

Overview

Contributing to the literature on labor migration from less developed countries to the Gulf states, Middle East Avenue focuses on the case of Sri Lanka's large-scale exportation of its poorest women to serve as housemaids in private Arab homes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367161361
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/07/2020
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