Women migrant workers face extreme forms of social control in Saudi Arabia. One Sri Lankan woman shares her story of everyday resistance despite serious constraints.
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Photo: Stephen Downes/Flickr. Creative Commons. (CC BY-NC 2.0). Some rights reserved.
“I couldn’t even speak with anyone else at that house! They wouldn’t let us!” said Lasanthi*, in Sinhala, the most-widely spoken language in Sri Lanka.
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