Kerala- Gulf Migration Corridor: Women's Labour and Gender Stereotypes

It is worth noticing that in recent years, female labour migration to the Gulf has contributed abundantly in thedevelopment spectrum of the Kerala state. The emergence of growing international need for domestic workers andcare workers demanded supply of cheap labour in the capitalist global economy. The socio- cultural association ofwomen with domestic and care work often emerges as a major shaping influence on female migration. Kerala statehas seen a rise in the number of female migrants traveling to the Gulf for jobs as professional nurses and domesticworkers in the past many decades. This paper will analyse the gendering aspect of female migration from Kerala tothe Arab Gulf, having a major focus on their gender role attributions and labour challenges in both home and hostsocieties.