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Migration and COVID-19 in Context: Labor Migration and the Agriculture Sector in Nepal
Year of Publication: 2022
International labor migration is the cornerstone of household livelihoods in rural Nepal. The country receives remittances equivalent to about a quarter of its gross domestic product (GDP) annually (WB 2020). In the ...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Early Experience of Migration Challenges under the covid19 Pandemic
Year of Publication: 2020
The seven countries of the AGRUMIG project – China, Ethiopia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal and Thailand – are all severely affected by the rupture in migration patterns. The impacts are a complex ...
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Are past experiences of forced labour associated with future migration intentions and planning?
Year of Publication: 2018
The increase in female migration from Nepal may be attributed to the changing global labour market and household structures, which have resulted in differential impacts on women in sending and receiving countries.
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Transnational female labour migration: The perspective of low-wage Nepalese workers
Year of Publication: 2017
This brief describes Nepalese returnee migrant women’s international migration processes and experiences. It is based on research findings from a sample of returnee women living in Morang, Chitwan and Rupandehi, three of ...
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अन्तरदेशीय महिला श्रमिक प्रवासनः थोरै तलब पाउने नेपाली कामदारको दृष्टिकोण
Year of Publication: 2017
यस जानकारी पत्रमा विदेशमा काम गरेर फर्केका नेपाली महिलाले भोगेका अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय प्रवासन प्रक्रिया र उनीहरुका अनुभवबारेमा संक्षेपमा वर्णन गरिएको छ । यो जानकारी पत्र आईएलओको वर्क इन फ्रिडम (डब्लुआईएफ) कार्यक्रमका लक्षित जिल्ला ...
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Lessons from prospective migrant women’s participation in the Work in Freedom community intervention activities in Nepal
Year of Publication: 2017
This brief offers research findings from prospective women migrants in Morang, Chitwan and Rupandehi, three districts of the Work in Freedom (WiF) intervention in Nepal. It presents findings on prospective migrant women’s ...
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नेपालमा वर्क इन फ्रिडम समुदाय हस्तक्षेप गतिविधिमा सम्भावित महिला प्रवासीको सहभागिताबाट सिकिएका पाठ
Year of Publication: 2017
यस जानकारीपत्रमा नेपालमा वर्क इन फ्रिडम (डब्लुआईएफ) कार्यक्रम लागू भएका मोरङ, चितवन र रुपन्देहीका कामका लागि विदेश जान खोज्ने महिलामा गरिएको अनुसन्धानबाट पत्ता लागेका जानकारी समावेश गरिएका छन् । यसमा ती महिलाहरुको ...
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दोलखा, नेपालबाट हुने श्रम प्रवासनका बारेमा हामीलाई के थाहा छ ?
Year of Publication: 2016
यस जानकारी पत्रमा नेपालको मध्यमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्रको जिल्ला दोलखाबाट भइरहेको श्रम प्रवासन सम्बन्धी नयाँ जानकारी दिइएका छन् । यो अध्ययन नेपालबाट भइरहेको श्रम प्रवासन र बँधुवा श्रम सम्बन्धी बृहत्तर अध्ययनको एउटा अंश ...
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What do we know about labour migration in Dolakha, Nepal?
Year of Publication: 2016
This briefing note offers new evidence on labour migration in Dolakha, a district in the Central Development Region of Nepal. This study is part of a larger programme of research on labour ...
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Labour Migration and Skills Training
Year of Publication: 2015
Published by: CESLAM
Of the half a million or so Nepalis who left the country for work in 2013/14, nearly three quarters were classified as ‘unskilled’. This tendency of the majority of migrants being poorly ...
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Women's Labour Migration from Asia and the Pacific: Opportunities and Challenges
Year of Publication: 2015
This issue in brief is the twelfth in the series of policy papers by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) and the International Organization for Migration’s Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific ...
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एक्लो र निराश : विदेशमा न्याय खोजिरहेका प्रवासी कामदारका लागि सहयोग
Year of Publication: 2015
Published by: CESLAM
अन्य देशका प्रवासी कामदारहरुलाई जस्तै नेपालले पनि विदेशमा काम गरिरहेका आफ्ना नागरिकको सुरक्षामा ध्यान देओस् भन्ने माग आन्तरिक र अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय स्तरमै भइरहेको छ । विशेष गरी निम्न ज्याला पाउने उद्योगमा काम गरिरहेका ...
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श्रम प्रवासन एजेन्टस्ः नियमावली, जवाफदेही र विकल्पहरू
Year of Publication: 2015
Published by: CESLAM
यापक र अनियन्त्रित रूपमा प्रयोग भइरहेका एजेन्टहरू प्रवासी कामदार पठाउने देशको नीतिका लागि साझा चुनौती बनेका छन् । एजेन्टहरूले प्रवासी कामदारहरुलाई काम खोजिदिएर र कामदार विदेश पठाउने संस्थालाई कामदार सिफारिस गरेर सहयोग ...
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श्रम प्रवासनमा शोषण — बेचबिखन यसको मात्रा र नेपालमा सुधारको आवश्यकता
Year of Publication: 2015
Published by: CESLAM
विदेशमा गम्भीर दुव्र्यवहार, शोषण, बँधुवा र जबर्जस्ती काम गर्नुपरेको गुनासो नेपाली प्रवासी कामदारहरुले प्रत्येक वर्ष गरिरहेका छन् । केही घटनाहरु प्रस्थान गर्नुअघि भएका बलजती, धोखाधडी वा शक्तिको दुरूपयोगसँग सम्बन्धित छन् । यस्ता ...
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जोखिमपूर्ण व्यवसाय नेपालका म्यानपावर कम्पनीको उत्तरदायित्व
Year of Publication: 2015
Published by: CESLAM
वैदेशिक रोजगार ऐन २०६४ ले म्यानपावर एजेन्सीहरुले नयाँ खालका शर्तहरु पूरा गर्नुपर्ने व्यवस्था गर्नुका साथै इजाजत दिने प्रक्रियालाई कडा बनाएको छ । यसमा म्यानपावर कम्पनीले ऐन उल्लंघन गर्दा अपनाइने विशेष खालका प्रावधानहरु ...
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Overseas Assistance for Nepali Migrant Workers Seeking Justice Abroad
Year of Publication: 2014
Published by: CESLAM
Like many migrant worker-origin countries, Nepal has faced calls both domestically and internationally to protect its citizens while they are working abroad. Migrant workers, particularly those in low-wage industries, are vulnerable to ...
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Labor Migration Agents: Regulation, Accountability and Alternatives
Year of Publication: 2014
Published by: CESLAM
The extensive use of unregulated labor migration agents is a common policy challenge in migrant labor origin countries. While agents provide migrant workers with much-needed information, connections to recruitment agencies, and positions ...
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