Sri Lanka to stop sending women overseas as housemaids

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.

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