13.3.2008
Sri
Lanka has decided not to send women as housemaids to Middle
East countries with effect from next year.
President
Mahinda Rajapaksa recently advised the relevant ministries
to implement this proposal from next year and send trained
females as prospective nurses and attendants where they
can earn more with due respect.
Currently,
some thousands of Sri Lankan women are working as housemaids
in the Middle East countries and most of them were subjected
to harassments and physical abuses.
CP