Contributing to the literature on labor migration from less developed countries to the Gulf states, Middle East Avenue focuses on the case of Sri Lanka's large-scale exportation of its poorest women to serve as housemaids in private Arab homes.
Preface -- Introduction -- Theoretical Approach to Labour Migration and Gendered Labour -- The Receiving Side—The Gulf -- The Sender Side—Sri Lanka -- The Migration Connection -- Status of Women in Sri Lanka -- Status of Sri Lankan Women in the Gulf -- Local Level: Communities, Households and Individuals -- Consequences of Female Migration to the Middle East
