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Returning Home: Challenges and Opportunities for Women Migrant Workers in The Nepali Labour Market
Author(s): Bandita Sijapati, Ang Sanu Lama, Jeevan Baniya, Pawan Sen, Sambriddhi Kharel, Suvekshya Gautam, Mohd Ayub, Rajita Dhungana, Anisha Bhattarai, Nilima Rai, Manoj Suji, Swarna Jha and Kishor Bikram Shah
Published Date: April 2019
Publication Type: Report
Published by: UN Women
This report on returnee women migrant workers (RWMWs) draws from insights shared by 1,210 women to understand the influences, conditions, and challenges that characterize women’s migration from and reintegration to Nepal. This is a summarised and edited version of the report ‘Returning Home Challenges and Opportunities for Women Migrant Workers in the Nepali Labou..
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Migration Planning Among Female Prospective Labour Migrants from Nepal: A Comparison of First‐Time and Repeat‐Migrants
Author(s): Tanya Abramsky, Joelle Mak, Cathy Zimmerman, Ligia Kiss, Bandita Sijapati
Published Date: April 2018
As international female labour migration has increased, so too have efforts to prevent the exploitation of labour migrants. However, evidence to underpin prevention efforts remains limited, with little known about labour migrants’ migration planning processes. Using data from a survey of female prospective labour migrants from Nepal, this article compares socio‐demograp.. -
Transnational female labour migration: the perspective of low-wage Nepalese workers
Published Date: December 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 the districts targeted by the ILO Work in Freedom (WiF) intervention. -
अन्तरदेशीय महिला श्रमिक प्रवासनः थोरै तलब पाउने नेपाली कामदारको दृष्टिकोण
Published Date: December 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 मोरङ, चितवन र रुपन्देहीमा बसोबास गरिरहेका, विदेशमा काम गरेर फर्किएका केही महिलामा गरिएको अनुसन्धानमा आधारित छ । -
Governing Labour Migration in Nepal: An Analysis of Existing Policies and Institutional Mechanisms
Author(s): Bandita Sijapati and Amrita Limbu
Published Date: August 2017
Publication Type: Book
Published by: CESLAM
Governing Labour Migration in Nepal looks at the legal and policy framework that regulates migrant labour originating in Nepal. It examines the country’s laws related to foreign employment, bilateral agreements signed with destination countries and international conventions ratified, all of which directly or indirectly govern labour migration from Nepal. Analysing the i..
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What is the prevalence of and associations with forced labour experiences among male migrants from Dolakha, Nepal? Findings from a crosssectional study of returnee migrants
Author(s): Joelle Mak, Tanya Abramsky, Bandita Sijapati, Ligia Kiss, Cathy Zimmerman
Published Date: August 2017
Objectives Growing numbers of people are migrating outside their country for work, and many experience precarious conditions, which have been linked to poor physical and mental health. While international dialogue on human trafficking, forced labour and slavery increases, prevalence data of such experiences remain limited. Link.. -
When the Men Are Away: Migration and Women’s Participation in Nepal’s Community Forestry
Author(s): Ang Sanu Lama, Sambriddhi Kharel and Tracy Ghale
Published Date: August 2017
Publication Type: Journal Article
Published by: International Mountain Society
Studies of migration and gender have focused mostly on changes at the household level, where they have found women’s experience to be mixed, with greater autonomy in decision-making but also a greater work burden and increased stress. Little is known about migration’s impact on community-level gender relations. This study of 10 forest user groups in 3 districts of..
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Lessons from prospective migrant women’s participation in the Work in Freedom community intervention activities in Nepal
Published Date: May 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 migration plans and their participation in the WiF community-based training. The WiF pre-decision training includes both migrationrelated advice and o.. -
नेपालमा वर्क इन फ्रिडम समुदाय हस्तक्षेप गतिविधिमा सम्भावित महिला प्रवासीको सहभागिताबाट सिकिएका पाठ
Published Date: May 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 प्रवासन योजना र वर्क इन फ्रिडमका समुदायमा आधारित तालिममा उनीहरुको सहभागिता सम्बन्धमा पत्ता लागेका जानकारी प्रस्तुत गरिएका छन् । वर्क इन फ्रिडमद्वारा सञ्चालित पूर्वन.. -
Migration of Health Workers from Nepal
Author(s): Bandita Sijapati, Jeevan Baniya, Neha Choudhary and Ashim Bhattarai
Published Date: March 2017
Publication Type: Report
Published by: ILO
This report provides an overview of the current situation relating to the stock and outflow of Nepali health care workers to third countries. Presenting the findings of a survey with undergraduate medical and nursing students, the report discusses the factors driving Nepali health workers to seek employment opportunities abroad. The report also reviews international as well a..
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