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Migration of Sri Lankan Women

Analysis of Causes & Post - Arrival Assistance

Publisher: Caritas Sri Lanka

Page Numbers: 92

Acc. No: 981-S

Category: Soft Documents

Languages: English

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Statistical Reports of SLBFE reveal that the unskilled, poorly educated women outnumber men and other skilled worker categories that migrated shouldering a high percentage of inward remittance. Women migrant domestic workers make up a larger percentage of migrant women. It is a fact that there are many incidences of harassments faced by such migrant women domestic workers. This study aimed to determine the causes of migration of women migrant domestic workers, obtain a deeper understanding of the situation of affected women, assess the status and nature of post arrival assistance to affected migrants, identify the personal, household and community assets and opportunities that encourage migrant workers to stay behind their families. The study was conducted on a 122-purposive sample of "Affected and Returned Migrant Workers" from six Districts of high and low labour sending regions in Sri Lanka. Ampara, Anuradhapura, Colombo, Nuwara Eliya, Puttalam, and Vavuniya were the six Districts covered by the study.