The University of Oxford and the Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility (CESLAM) with the help of Divya Youth Club, Parsa, conducted a study in February and March 2014 entitled ‘Labour Migration: Impacts on Households in Parsa’. The study was undertaken in an effort to uncove...
The University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility (CESLAM) and local partner Divya Youth Club, Parsa, conducted a census entitled ‘Labour Migration: Impacts on Households in Parsa’ in February-March 2014. This census (hereafter, Parsa ...
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 that offer succinct insights on migration issues affecting the Asia-Pacific region to...
The constitution of Nepal was promulgated on 20 September 2015 (2072). It consists of 35 parts, 308 Articles and 9 Schedules....
अन्य देशका प्रवासी कामदारहरुलाई जस्तै नेपालले पनि विदेशमा काम गरिरहेका आफ्ना नागरिकको सुरक्षामा ध्यान दे�...
व्यापक र अनियन्त्रित रूपमा प्रयोग भइरहेका एजेन्टहरू प्रवासी कामदार पठाउने देशको नीतिका लागि साझा चुनौती ब...
विदेशमा गम्भीर दुव्र्यवहार, शोषण, बँधुवा र जबर्जस्ती काम गर्नुपरेको गुनासो नेपाली प्रवासी कामदारहरुले प्र...
वैदेशिक रोजगार ऐन २०६४ ले म्यानपावर एजेन्सीहरुले नयाँ खालका शर्तहरु पूरा गर्नुपर्ने व्यवस्था गर्नुका साथ�...
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 abuse and exploitation, and rarely have resources...
The report approaches the issue of migration through a gender lens in order to foster a more integrated, holistic approach to assess pre-existing mechanisms to ensure safe migration of females from the region. The report broadly pertains to the South Asian region, and focuses exclusiv...
Migration is a common phenomenon in both its domestic and international dimensions in Nepal. Traditionally, most of the migration took place within the country’s borders, with some people going to India and Tibet. Nepal’s entry into the global economy has since re-defined these hi...
In the aftermath of the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck central Nepal on 25 April 2015, and its aftershocks, particularly a major one of magnitude 7.3 on 12 May 2015, issues related to the links between migration and disaster-preparedness as well as coping strategies adopted by t...
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 abroad, they are also associated with a host of...
Every year, Nepali migrant workers report experiencing severe abuse, exploitation, debt bondage and forced labor while abroad. In some cases, where abuses are linked to coercion, fraud or abuses of power in the pre-departure phase of migration, these migrant workers could be considere...
The Foreign Employment Act 2007 (the Act) created new offenses for manpower agencies and a more stringent agency licensing system. It also created specialized mechanisms to handle violations of the Act by manpower agencies, including to compensate migrant workers for losses and to pro...
मध्यपूर्वमा कम पारिश्रमिक पाउने नेपाली प्रवासी कामदारले भोगेका दुःखका बारेमा धेरै चर्चा परिचर्चा हुने गर�...
Much attention has been directed to the exploitation of low-wage migrant workers in the Middle East, where harms are commonplace and severe, and access to justice is limited. But the story of labor migration begins and ends at home. The vulnerability of Nepali migrant workers to explo...
A large number of Nepalis have flown to the Gulf countries and countries in East and Southeast Asia for employment, leaving their primary kin members at home. This paper attempts to understand the rationale for out-migration from the vantage point of those ‘left behind’ primarily ...
Growth aimed at creating employment is considered one of the main conduits for sustainable economic development and poverty reduction. This is particularly the case in countries like Nepal, which is experiencing significant demographic shifts as well as a structural transformation of ...
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