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वैदेशिक रोजगारमा गएका आप्रवासी कामदारहरुको परिवारको अवस्था (Situation of Migrant Workers’ Families)

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Date: 28 November 2011

Type: Interaction Programme

Date:
28 November 2011
Event type:
Interaction Programme
Location:
SAP Falcha, Babarmahal, Kathmandu, Nepal
Organiser:
WOREC Nepal
Contact:
Website:www.worecnepal.org
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +977-01-5006373

Summary:

A presentation on the report of the research ‘Situation of Migrant Workers’ Families’ was presented in the first session of the Programme, and the floor was later opened for interaction and discussion. The focus of the programme was on the wives of migrant workers only.

The research was conducted in seven districts, from February 2011, and has incorporated stories/incidents of 263 women whose husbands have/had migrated for foreign employment.
The objective of the research was to find out the financial, social and familial situation of the wives of migrant workers, to find out the problems faced by them along with ways to solve them.
Data on the following were presented
Characteristic of the respondents by age, caste, family type, destination of husbands
Reason for taking up foreign employment
Medium used for migration
Remittance sent/(not), recipient of remittance
Skill of husbands
Economic situation before and after migration
Migrants’ relation to family before and after migration
Violence faced by wives of migrant workers
Types of violence (social, domestic)
Relation with husband before and after migration
The findings also include
Increased work load on the wives of the migrant workers’
Insecurity and mental pressure of the wives due to suspicion, hatred, verbal and physical abuse by family and society
Break-up of relations and divorce due to false news of suspicion (of wives’ affairs) by family and society, to the husbands

Five women (wives of migrant workers’) from Khotang, Dhanusha, Udaypur, Dang and Bajura also shared their stories/incidents in the programme. The interaction focused on the need for local level awareness, literacy, mental readiness and discussion among migrant workers’ family prior to leaving for foreign employment, etc., as ways to address the problems faced by the wives of migrant workers.