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VII. Acknowledgments

Jennifer Turner, Arthur Helton Fellow in the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, wrote this report based on research conducted by the author and Nisha Varia, senior researcher in the Women’s Rights Division. Nisha Varia; LaShawn R. Jefferson, then-executive director of the Women’s Rights Division; Janet Walsh, acting executive director of the Women’s Rights Division; Joe Stork, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Division; Christoph Wilcke and Nadim Houry, of the Middle East and North Africa Division; Charu Lata Hogg, of the Asia Division; James Ross, legal and policy director; and Joseph Saunders, deputy director of the Program Office, reviewed the report. Rachel Jacobson, Emily Allen, Andrea Holley, Jose Martinez, and Fitzroy Hepkins provided production assistance. Michele Ruth Gamburd and David Soysa provided thoughtful and useful comments on a draft of the report.

Human Rights Watch is grateful to the many individuals and organizations that facilitated this research. For their assistance in arranging interviews, providing contacts, or pointing us to essential information, we would especially like to acknowledge David Soysa, Migrant Services Centre; Gerald Lodwick, National Workers Congress; Manori Witharana, American Center for International Labor Solidarity; Kumudini Samuel and Sepali Kottegoda, Women and Media Collective; Viola Perera, Action Network for Migrant Workers (ACTFORM); Srilatha Aryaratne; Sister Angela; Sister Immaculate; and the regional organizers of the Migrant Workers Associations, Fathima, Indrani, Chandra, Lakshmi, Amali, Selladurai, Rajkumar, Hansamala, and Mangelika. Special thanks go to L.K. Ruhunage and Anoma Ramanayake of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment. We would also like to acknowledge Dushiyanthini Kanagasabapathipillai and M.M. Chaya Thilakshi, for interpreting.

We extend our warmest gratitude to the many women who agreed to be interviewed for this report. Their willingness to share their experiences made this report possible.

The Women’s Rights Division of Human Rights Watch gratefully acknowledges the financial support of Arcadia, the Moriah Fund, the Oak Foundation, the Streisand Foundation, the Banky-LaRocque Foundation, the Schooner Foundation, the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation, the Frog Crossing Foundation, the Chicago Foundation for Women, the Gruber Family Foundation, and the members of the Advisory Committee of the Women’s Rights Division.