tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post8712437890645801335..comments2024-01-20T14:08:08.057+05:30Comments on Serendipity: Migrant workers who come to the City for employment face a host of challenges - here are someRatmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-43609523736663415622018-06-21T12:28:40.260+05:302018-06-21T12:28:40.260+05:30now this is a very valuable post. please take this...now this is a very valuable post. please take this one to the newspapers and get it seen by decision-makers as soon as possible. this must be common knowledge amongst the BOI and acted upon. your comment example about the woman should be sent to the president for an immediate pardon which will launch a new campaign for protecting these workers. you on-ground experience here is invaluable as none of these asses get out of their offices to meet with the toiling masses.<br /><br />on another note, what is the proportion of males to females in the workforce of these BOI's? you can't find a female service staff in a restaurant in almost all of Colombo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-40081518029393904622018-06-21T08:41:02.967+05:302018-06-21T08:41:02.967+05:30After I wrote this post, I was given an example of...After I wrote this post, I was given an example of one problem by a person here in Biyagama. They confronted an elderly couple from Ampara, who came in search of their young daughter. First to the boarding house where she lived, and was told that she had been arrested and then to the Police Station to find her whereabouts.<br /><br />She had apparently been sent to the Mahara Prison on remand, on a non bailable offence, where she was caught with a small amount drugs, trying to sell it.<br /><br />They were shocked as they did not believe their daughter could ever get into that kind of track.<br /><br />Upon later investigation, her life was so hopelessly miserable, with earning hardly enough to live, and not being able to send any money home, in desperation, when someone had shown her a way to earn money by selling drugs, obviously she fell for the sweet talking conman drug dealer to be one his agents!<br /><br />So after being caught, still awaiting trial, what will happen to her? Her life is over, with years in prison, all because the system failed her.<br /><br />Who is to blame? Parents for sending her, thinking she was safe, society for not providing the basic knowledge to workers about their rights, and responsibilities, and warning them on consequences if they err. <br /><br />All I am suggesting here, is a system where we try and avoid disaster, and empower women with their rights, and show them a means to an end, and the options available.<br /><br />It is a shame that in a period where workers are in short supply, people due to ignorance allow themselves to be exploited. So it is this ignorance only that I am trying to tackleRatmale,Minneriya,Sri Lankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17252632858481217930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167149547535484177.post-66813544516751750372018-06-21T04:10:56.845+05:302018-06-21T04:10:56.845+05:30The donkey also called the Director of the BOI for...The donkey also called the Director of the BOI for that zone who has a plush office, for no purpose, should give his office to counselors to meet with these women. These directors are forever bemoaning that firms are leaving the BOI because they cannot find workers.<br /><br />If the Govt is spending billions on infrastructure to attract firms into the zones, spending a few thousand to house a few counselors to talk to workers about their problems and try to find solutions, will be a bigger reason for firms wanting to remain or come into, knowing there is a good social service infrastructure to take care of the workers, to ensure they have the incentive to come to work in these zones. Otherwise why would they come? To be treated worse than animals!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com