Nepali caregivers sit for Israel job exams
More than 7,000 Nepalis sat for English language exams at 16 test centres across Kathmandu on Monday. No, this was not a...
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History of female (im)mobility in Nepal
A proposal by Nepal’s Immigration Department requiring consent from a guardian and local government for women under the age of 40 travelling...
Demand grows for Nepali caregivers in Israel
Prakriti Kharel spent 12 years in Israel as a care-giver and is now back home in Jhapa. She says she was lucky...
Nepali workers rejoin jobs overseas
The plight of thousands of Nepali migrant workers stranded overseas gets a lot of media attention, but there are also many who...
Nepalis in Kuwait apply to return home
More than 2,500 undocumented Nepali workers in Kuwait have taken advantage of the government’s amnesty to apply for travel...
Lift the ban on domestic workers
Shama had a job waiting for her as a domestic worker in Kuwait. But given Nepal’s ban on such work, she travelled overland...
Migrating for domestic work
Reassessing Nepal’s ban on domestic work abroad and exploring employment alternatives
Caring for Nepal's women
A recent Bournemouth University study exploring health care problems of 1,000 female migrant returnees revealed that Nepali women workers face severe health...
Shared stories, shattered dreams of South Asian migrant workers
What is it about labour migration that keeps drawing hundreds of thousands of people every year away from their homes and families...
Changing the headlines on migration
The road to the Global Compact on Migration in Marrakesh this week has not been smooth in a politically tense global environment...
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