This treatise is an exposition of the Lebanese households with Sri Lankan housemaids employed as domestic labour. The ‘symbolic violence’ exerted by the lady of the house, and the resistance displayed by the worker, is unravelled.

The study is designed to analyse the psychological and social status of children who have been left behind by their mothers for overseas employment. Over one hundred and fifty Primary school children from six schools in ...

The Foreign Employment Bureau in Sri Lanka was set up in 1985 to provide institutional support to the growing outflow of migrants for employment. This was the first Asian country to recognize the need for such an institution. ...

The effect on the education of children of migrant parents is examined in this study. On an average, absentee parents, not separated by gender, did not have a significant effect on the education outcomes of children. ...