In 2010, approximately 50% of the labour migrants to the Middle East, were women, and of these over 90% were mothers. The districts of Amparai and Batticaloa were among the seven districts having the most number of migrants. ...

A large percentage of complaints received by the Sri Lankan Bureau of Foreign Employment relates to forced labour of domestic workers, many of these being from Kuwait. Recommendations as to how the government should combat ...

Gender and migration have many nuances. Male and female migration impact differently on the family dynamics with the resources and strategies employed being at variance. This study which is conducted in the Colombo and ...

Sri Lanka is one of the three major labour exporting countries to ratify the UN Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (ICMR). The report identifies the obstacles ...

The European Union is attracting more and more Sri Lankan nationals seeking employment. Many of these are said to be undocumented migrants. Readmission agreements were created as a means of mitigating this problem. These ...

Women who migrate overseas for employment usually entrust the care of their children to substitute care givers. The objective of this study is to describe self-perceived burden of child care on these Primary Carers of ...

The problems of social and emotional issues faced by children of migrant mothers, although being the focus of several discussions, have not been studied adequately Most female migrants have at least one child, and the ...

Sri Lanka as a state party of the International Convention on the Protection of the rights of all migrant workers and members of their families, is required to submit an initial report on the legislative, judicial, ...

This document gives the written replies by the Government of Sri Lanka to the list of issues to be taken up in connection with the consideration of the initial report of Sri Lanka as a party to the Convention on the ...

There is many a discourse on the subject of gender based migration and its impact on care of families and children in particular. The supposed care crisis has triggered many responses leaning towards the limiting of women ...