Access to Legal Support for Migrant Workers
The proposed study aims to identify existing gaps, barriers and challenges that both prohibit and inhibit men and women migrant workers from accessing justice with complaints related to recruitment, and also identify practical solutions and policy changes to address these issues. The …
Assessment of Labour Administration in Nepal
This study conducts an Assessment of Labour Administration in Nepal, which will provide recommendations to strengthen the labour administration system and equip it to enable efficient and effective service delivery (organization, management, procedural system, staff training, action t…
Institutionalizing and Strengthening Labour Migration Governance: Access to Justice
The primary objective of this study is to understand the situation of Nepali migrant workers’ access to justice amid the Covid-19 pandemic. It is expected that the study will help recommend the Government of Nepal (GoN) for the formulation and implementation of plans and strategies …
The Role of Intermediaries and Other Private/Public Sector Actors in the Recruitment Process in Nepal, in Relation to the Labour Migration of Nepali Workers
This study aims to use the narratives of migrant workers to document the migration experience and identify the various intermediaries involved in facilitating migration for foreign employment. It will examine the interaction of migrant workers with various actors in the recruitment pr…
Survey on Migration Flow between Nepal and Japan
The overall objective of this study was to understand the flows of returnee migrant workers from industrialised countries such as Japan and identify their interests and skills to work in the industrial sector of Nepal as well as the factors preventing and supporting their reintegratio…
Developing Monitoring and Reporting Framework for Labour Migration-Related SDG Targets and Indicators and National GCM Implementation Strategy
Foreign labour migration is likely to play a key role as a source of employment for Nepalis for years to come in the future. In recognition of this fact, the government has taken some initiatives towards enhancing safe, regular and beneficial migration. The monitoring of and reporting…
No Lean Season
This research aimed to experimentally test whether loan subsidy programme has positive impacts in addressing seasonal food insecurity in rural Nepal. The study also explored how migration may transform rural agricultural labour markets by studying the effects of seasonal migration on …
Documentation of Nepali Migrant Workers’ Death, Injuries and Ill-Treatment During Transit and Their Employment in Destination Countries
The overall objective of the project was to take a critical look at the limitations of the existing data and highlight how the documentation on death, ill-treatment, and injuries of migrant workers during transit and their employment in the destination countries could be improved. The…
Mapping of Recruitment Agencies Supplying Workers to Jordan, Qatar and Malaysia
CESLAM is conducting a mapping exercise involving Private Recruitment Agencies (PRAs) that are already engaged in or interested to be engaged in fair recruitment practices. The research project seeks to prepare comprehensive profiles of the selected PRAs that recruit workers to Jordan…
