Of Maids and Madams: Sri Lankan Domestic Workers and Their Employers in Jordan

2013 ◽  
pp. 57-78
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Sri Lankan

The limits of sending-state power: The Philippines, Sri Lanka, and female migrant domestic workers

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 322-337 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick R Ireland
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Similar Case ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
Process Tracing ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Case Comparison ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Female Migrant ◽  
Migrant Domestic Workers

Sending states have taken various measures to protect their female nationals serving abroad as domestics. A most-similar case comparison is constructed between the Sri Lankan and Philippine states’ defenses of ‘their’ female migrant domestic workers (FMDWs), employing process tracing and relying on data from archival research, interviews, policies, and official statements. Existing explanations for sending-state actions stress dependence on remittances, receiving-country conditions, and the democratic incorporation of emigrants. Here, however, a stock of FMDWs with more highly valued human capital attributes, combined with a stronger civil society and greater gender equity, is shown to compel and enable the Philippine state to adopt a more assertive approach than its Sri Lankan counterpart in defending those migrants.‘

The Right to Health: Sri Lankan Migrant Domestic Workers in the GCC

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth H. Shlala ◽  
Hiranthi Jayaweera
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Access ◽  
Access To Health Care ◽  
Domestic Workers ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Sri Lankan ◽  
Care Access ◽  
Access To Health ◽  
The Right ◽  
Migrant Domestic Workers

AbstractAccess to health care represents an important juncture between domestic labor migration and human rights in the GCC. The notions of “ambivalence” and legal hybridity shed light on how health care access is limited for migrant domestic workers, and why the legal framework is not enforced. Our research reveals that the lack of access to health care under the

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