The use and abuse of female domestic workers from Sri Lanka in Lebanon

Gender and Development

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 52-56

  Abu Habib, Lina ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC WORKERS; GENDER ISSUES; HUMAN RIGHTS; SRI LANKAN PEOPLE; WOMEN'S STATUS;

ARAB COUNTRIES; ARTICLE; ASIA; CRIME; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOUSEWORK; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR FORCE; LABOR MIGRATION--WOMEN; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIDDLE EAST; MIGRANT WORKERS--WOMEN; MIGRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN ASIA;

ARAB COUNTRIES; ASIA; CRIME; CRITIQUE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMIC FACTORS; HOUSEWORK; HUMAN RESOURCES; LABOR FORCE; LABOR MIGRATION--WOMEN; LEBANON; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MICROECONOMIC FACTORS; MIGRANT WORKERS--WOMEN; MIGRATION; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SOUTHERN ASIA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN ASIA;

ASIA; ASIA, WESTERN; CRIME; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ECONOMICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; EVALUATION STUDIES; HEALTH MANPOWER; HOUSEKEEPING; LEBANON; MIDDLE EAST; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL PROBLEMS; SRI LANKA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

LEBANON;

EID: 0031800320     PISSN: 13552074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/741922630     Document Type: Article

References (5)

1. Achjar-Noccocho, T (1997) 'Who does the dishes and at what cost? Paid and unpaid domestic work in Lebanon', unpublished paper presented at the Gender and Citizenship Conference, Beirut, March 1997.
2. Brochmann G (1993) Middle East Avenue: Female Migration from Sri Lanka to the Gulf, Westview Press
3. Chant S, (1992) Gender and Migration in Developing Countries, Belhaven Press.
4. Cumaranatunga L K (1990) 'Coping with the unknown: Sri Lankan domestic aides' in Kiribamune S and Samarasinghe V, Women at the Crossroads: a Sri Lankan Perspective International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo.
5. Rodrigo C and Jayatissa R A, (1989) 'Maximising benefits from Labour Migration: Sri Lanka', in Amjad R (ed), To the Gulf and Back: Studies on the Economic Impact of Asian Labour Migration, ILO/ARTEP.