ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |12 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|9 pages

The Receiving Side—The Gulf

chapter 3|9 pages

The Sender Side—Sri Lanka

chapter 4|19 pages

The Migration Connection

chapter 5|21 pages

Status of Women in Sri Lanka

chapter 6|11 pages

Status of Sri Lankan Women in the Gulf