The objective of this study was to generate evidence to inform policy discourse on the causes of women’s migration for foreign employment and ways to reintegrate them back into the national labour market upon their return. ...
The aim of this project was to produce a peer-reviewed paper through further analysis of the household survey and qualitative data gathered during CIFOR and Social Science Baha’s collaborative research on gender, migration, and forest governance, which examined the nexus between t...
The objective of this study was to explore the nature and effects of violence against returned women migrant workers (WMWs) and their family members as well as to investigate the informal and formal community responses to gender-based violence (GBV) among them. The findings were to in...
The purpose of the study was to broaden knowledge on the experience of labour migration for Nepali women. The study examined various factors surrounding i) the decision to migrate for labour, ii) the decision to return to Nepal, and 3) the process of reintegrating into the Nepali labo...
Remittances represent a significant, albeit still relatively recent, the flow of resources that accrues to communities in a decentralised manner and their complex distributive effects remain little understood beyond the increase in purchasing power of recipients. Gaining a more fine-g...
The main objective of this assignment was to provide an overview of the current situation relating to the stock and flow of migrant Nepali health care workers. It identified: i) the major trends characterising international migration of health personnel from Nepal; ii) international a...
This project was undertaken to study the impacts of migration on forestry institutions in Nepal for the Multi Stakeholder Forestry Programme (MSFP), a Government of Nepal forestry programme, jointly supported by the Governments of Finland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom and which...
As part of the larger action research meant to help build the adaptive capacity of migrant-sending households by leveraging the benefits of migration while mitigating against some of the risks, the overall objective of this study was support the development of mountain rural livelihoo...
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...
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