Sri Lankan women’s foreign employment on the rise

Chandrabose Monday, 11 September 2023 10:47 AM

Sri Lanka is a depended import economy!

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Sambo Monday, 11 September 2023 10:53 AM

This not something that we should be proud about but ashamed as mothers have to leave their families and be separated from the families.

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Banda Iya Monday, 11 September 2023 11:39 AM

What is there to proud about? Are we sending professional ladies? Most of of the female Domestic workers are low paid and are not treated humanely by their employers.

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Punchi Monday, 11 September 2023 12:53 PM

On a recent visit to Serangan Road, Singapore it was shocking to see that the number of our comely damsels plying their trade had increased. Maybe some solace is that their remittances are partially funding the fuel costs of the five to seven car convoys required for our parliamentarians

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Eran Wicks Monday, 11 September 2023 02:19 PM

As a nation we should be ashamed of sending our mothers and sisters for untold hardship and suffering.

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kapila Monday, 11 September 2023 04:45 PM

Good news for the politicians. They can import some luxury vehicles for their use from hard earned dollars of these women.

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DPerera Monday, 11 September 2023 04:46 PM

It is a fundamental right for women to go aboard to work and earn money as men and that should not be stopped. If you believe all the women going overseas are doing housemaid jobs that is far from reality. There are many lankan women doing reasonably good jobs in places such as South Korea middle east.

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DD Monday, 11 September 2023 08:16 PM

In Sri Lanka and worldwide, there are more women than men. The future trend seems to be leaning towards more women in the workforce. From jobs like garbage collectors to doctors, all occupations in between are respectable because these people earn an honest living(without stealing). Kudos to every woman working and contributing to our economy. Balancing work, family, and household responsibilities is not easy.

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Ďhusana Monday, 18 September 2023 01:42 PM

All these workers going abroad with so much of sacrifices , mainly women, earn a little foreign exchange. However, the sad part of the story is that the foreign exchange so earned are wasted by the crooked Politicians on foreign jaunts and pleasure trips.

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one for the road Sunday, 24 September 2023 12:56 PM

Not all Sri Lankan women are domestic workers. Here in Australia, we have a young highly respected CEO Ms Shemara Wikramanayake of one of the largest banks in Australia is of Sri Lankan origin.

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Punchi Saturday, 07 October 2023 01:36 PM

@one for the road. The CEO family fled Sri Lanka and got asylum in UK and subsequently migrated to Australia. It is unlikely she would have received the degree of empowerment in Lanka, that she and her parents received and benefited from by living in UK

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