Transnational Foundations: Women Migrant Domestic Workers Building ‘Modern’ Homes and Challenging Gender and Social Hierarchies in Nelibewa, Sri Lanka by Kaushalya Herath

The Social Scientists’ Association (SSA) hosted a talk by Kaushalya Herath, postdoctoral researcher at the University of Dundee in Scotland on the topic, “ Transnational Foundations: Women Migrant Domestic Workers Building ‘Modern’ Homes and Challenging Gender and Social Hierarchies in Nelibewa, Sri Lanka by Kaushalya Herath ” on 21st of April 2025.

Made in Sri Lanka, Taxed in America, and Failed by the IMF by Taniya Silvapulle

n 2 April 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs, imposing trade measures on partners across the globe. The policy included a baseline 10% tariff on all imports, along with strict, country-specific…

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