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Gender and paid domestic work in Sri Lanka
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | de Silva, Annemari |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | This chapter considers the gendered dynamics of paid domestic work in Sri Lanka, drawing upon the findings of a survey with employers, interviews with domestic workers, and analysis of advertisements for workers. The chapter presents an examination of employment practices (e.g., salaries, recruitment, living conditions) and attitudes towards workers, as well as women's motivations for engaging in paid domestic work. It shows that while employers imagine the domestic worker in Sri Lanka to be a middle-aged woman willing to forego her own family responsibilities to take care of the employer's household, the actual Sri Lankan worker seeks paid domestic work to take care of her own family and relies on “family-like” working relations with her employer for employment security where labour regulations fail to protect her. Book Name: Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia |
| Related Links | https://api.taylorfrancis.com/content/chapters/edit/download?identifierName=doi&identifierValue=10.4324/9781003043102-26&type=chapterpdf |
| Ending Page | 315 |
| Page Count | 13 |
| Starting Page | 303 |
| DOI | 10.4324/9781003043102-26 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2021-09-21 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Book Name: Routledge Handbook of Gender in South Asia Paid Domestic Work Sri Lanka Survey |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Chapter |
