Policy Briefs

यस जानकारी पत्रमा विदेशमा काम गरेर फर्केका नेपाली महिलाले भोगेका अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय प्रवासन प्रक्रिया र उनी�...

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-...

यस जानकारीपत्रमा नेपालमा वर्क इन फ्रिडम (डब्लुआईएफ) कार्यक्रम लागू भएका मोरङ, चितवन र रुपन्देहीका कामका लाग...

यस जानकारी पत्रमा नेपालको मध्यमाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्रको जिल्ला दोलखाबाट भइरहेको श्रम प्रवासन सम्बन्धी नयाँ �...

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 migration and forced labour from Nepal. Evidence includes key characteristics of migrant househo...

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 trained is a cause for concern since low-skilled and ‘unskilled’ workers are more vulnerab...

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...

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 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...

The shortage of healthcare workers in the countries of the Global North has lured many nurse professionals from Nepal to pursue international careers that are relatively better paid and highly regarded in contemporary Nepali society. A combination of factors in both sending and receiv...

Over 16,000 Nepali migrant workers leave every month for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries in search of employment opportunities and better livelihood options for themselves and their families. Most of these workers reach their destinations after paying exorbitant recruitme...

आफू  र आफ्ना परिवारको सुनौलो भविष्यको खोजीमा प्रत्येक महिना १६ हजारभन्दा बढी नेपाली कामदारहरू कामको खो�...