The headline "Bankrupt Sri Lanka allows young women to go to work in the country" made headlines in many foreign media yesterday (June 20).
The Sri Lankan government has lowered the minimum age for women to go abroad for employment to spread the word around the world.
The news was headlined by a number of news outlets, including the Economic Times, Arab News, Times of India, Frey Malaysia Today, and MENAFN.
THE TIMES OF INDIA reports that Sri Lanka has lowered the age limit for a woman to go abroad to work to earn the much-needed dollars for their bankrupt economy.
The report further states:
Sri Lanka has taken steps to impose an age barrier for women going abroad for work in 2013 after the beheading of a 17-year-old Sri Lankan nanny who cared for a child in Saudi Arabia over the death of a child.
Out of anger over the death sentence given to the girl, women going abroad for work were required to be over 23 years of age and the minimum age to go to work in Saudi Arabia was set at 25 years.
However, Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis since independence has eased the age limit for women to work in other countries, including Saudi Arabia.
"Cabinet approval has been given to lower the minimum age for women going to all countries to 21 to increase employment opportunities abroad," Cabinet Spokesman Bandula Gunawardena told reporters.
It also states that the earnings of Sri Lankans working abroad are a major source of foreign exchange earnings in Sri Lanka, amounting to around US $ 7 billion per annum
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