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Female Labour Migration to Singapore and Hong Kong
A Profile of the Sri Lankan House Maids
Author : Weerakoon, Nadera and Gunewardena
Publisher: Center for Women's Research
Place of Publish: Colombo
Year: 1992
Acc. No: 926-S
Category: Soft Documents
Languages: English
This is part of a wider regional study on contemporary female migration in Asia, both legal and ill-legal. The Sri Lanka study focused on women who seek work as housemaids in Hong Kong and Singapore, two relatively new destinations for migratory labor. The study explores some recent female labor migratory trends to new destinations in Asia focusing on the characteristics of women and the reasons expressed by the women for accepting employment as house maids. Three groups of migrants
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