Sending housemaids to West Asia to cease soon October 25, 2013, 9:44 pm By Maheesha Mudugamuwa The government has planned to put an end to sending women as housemaids to West Asia soon, Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare Minister Dilan Perera says. Women taking up overseas jobs had declined by 12 percent, while male workers had increased by 29 percent during the period of January to September this year, when compared to the same period last year, Minister Perera said yesterday. In 2012, 106,106 male workers and 105,050 female workers had gone abroad between January and September but in the same period this year the number of male workers had increased to 130,755 and the number of female workers had declined to 92,122. The gradual reduction in women going overseas for employments shows clearly that the women taking up housemaid jobs will cease within the next few years, Perera added. According to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) statistics, the foreign exchange earnings in August this year increased by 16.3 percent compared to last year. In August last year, the Foreign exchange earnings stood at USD 490.1 million but in 2013 August it increased to USD 570 million. Besides, the foreign exchange earnings had increased by 10.9 percent within the first eight months of this year, compared to the same period last year. In 2012, it was USD 3,907.4 million but this year it was USD 4,333.5 million.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 05:03:17 +0000
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