Home / CESLAM in the News
-
State 1 tops migrant workers
Province 1 contributes the highest number of migrant workers for foreign jobs, among all provinces in Nepal, according to a report on labour migration. It ranks number one for the last nine years, sending 25.51 percent foreign workers from fiscal year 2008-09 to 2016-17.
-
A third of migrant households in Sunsari remain poor: Study
A recent study conducted among 170 rural households in Sunsari district has shown that nearly one third of migrant households remained poor despite migrating for jobs abroad.
-
Economic conditions force Nepali women to migrate
Poverty, household conditions, and lack of respectable & well-paying jobs are the major reasons that forced Nepali women to migrate to foreign destinations, noted a recently-released report.
-
Poverty forcing women into migration: Report
The report, prepared by researchers of the Social Science Baha, with the support from the UN Women, shows 55 percent of women migrated to improve their household economic conditions, 24 percent to ensure a better future for their children and 22 percent to get out of debt.
-
Cornell's leadership in Himalayan studies celebrated
More than two dozen Himalayan scholars gathered at Cornell last month to chart a way through a political and economic landscape that is increasingly hostile to area studies.
-
Two years after the devastating earthquake, Nepal's women have become easy prey for traffickers
In spite of rules intended to protect Nepal’s women migrants from abuse, many travel abroad through back channels and recent reports have surfaced of Nepali immigration officials colluding with traffickers. The latest protective measure issued by the government temporarily bans Nepali nationals from traveling to Gulf countries on tourist visas if they haven’t gone before.
-
Migration realities
A report entitled “Labour Migration and the Remittance Economy: The Socio-Political Impact” was released in Kathmandu on Monday.
-
Report on labour migration, its socio-political impact released
Peter Malnak, mission director at the United States Agency for International Development (USAid), released the report titled “Labour Migration and the Remittance Economy: The Socio-Political Impact”, which is based on a study carried out in the five districts by the Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility at Social Science Baha.
-
Labor permit will be beneficial for India-bound Nepali workers
The government does not have records of Nepalis working in India. Until now, the government has been providing labor permits only to those going to countries other than India.
-
Women count on own efforts save cash
Kalpana Pokhrel is counting the days till Dashain to rebuild her house which was demolished by earthquake.
-
Exodus of young men from Nepal
Money transfers from abroad are an important pillar of the Nepalese economy. Fraudulent placement agencies are enriching their business with migrants.
GET IN TOUCH