The research was conducted in collaboration with KAFA (enough) Violence & Exploitation and aims to investigate the recruitment processes and practices in Nepal and Lebanon, and how they contribute to women’s vulnerability to trafficking for exploitation and forced labor. It seeks to identify concrete recommendations for reforms to ensure a rights-based recruitment process. It will be based on qualitative interviews with Nepali returnee domestic workers from Lebanon, recruitment agents and brokers and a review of relevant regulations related to recruitment agencies and migration policies. The research in Nepal will be part of a larger research project conducted in Lebanon with Nepali and Bangladeshi migrant domestic workers.