Countries willing to send their people to work in foreign homes with little assurance of protection and pay are becoming fewer. The Philippines, Indonesia, and Ethiopia once the major sources of foreign maids to the UAE — have temporarily shut their doors on maid deployment.
With the dwindling pool of nationalities available to work as domestic workers in the UAE, Gulf News asks if it is time for the society to learn to survive on its own without imported house help.
Dr Rima Sabban, associate professor of sociology at Zayed University, thinks it is.
Dr Rima has studied the UAE’s dependence on foreign domestic workers for more than 20 years. She said the UAE must learn to transition to a maid-less society but only after preparing the family and putting enough support systems in place.
Source:Gulfnews
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