This project based on research focussing on minority Indian Tamil women working in Sri Lanka sets the stage for wider research on female migrant workers and the effect of this migration on societies. Through observation of dominant social systems in Sri Lankan society with regards to caste, class, gender, ethnicity and religion, this research explores the active role migrant women play in reforming established social structures and the struggles they face in doing so, particularly socioeconomic and family related struggles. The project studies important issues related to migrant work including but not limited to the Indian Tamil Sri Lankan plantation workers. The book includes research on International migration, the feminisation of migration, patriarchy, the divide between empowerment and exploitation and theory relating to transnational migrants. Through investigating the intricacies of the global landscape and the dominant structures within it in addition to the impact it has on the lives of migrant communities the project aims to understand female migration beyond the boundaries of a nation. Using an ethnographic approach Nilani De Silva reveals through this project the pragmatic significance regarding how migrant women, as active agents, alter existing social structures both within national boundaries and in the global landscape.