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  • 'Minimum wage must increase'

    Year of Publication: 25 February 2013 | The Himalayan Times

    Published by: CESLAM

    All Nepal Federation of Trade Unions (ANFTU) has asked the government to double the minimum wage of workers. It has submitted its demands to Ministry of Labour and Employment and urged it ...

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  • Birgunj Sugar Factory Revival

    Year of Publication: 18 February 2013 | Republica

    Published by: CESLAM

    As a part of reviving the Birgunj Sugar Factory, the government is preparing to settle outstanding dues of 193 workers who refused golden handshake offer made by the factory that shut its ...

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  • Great promise

    Year of Publication: 18 February 2013 | Republica  

    Published by: CESLAM

    Vocational training for youth  One of the main criticisms of the public education system in Nepal, on which the majority of Nepali youth rely, is that it tends to produce graduates who are ...

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  • Project provides jobs to 50,000

    Year of Publication: 7 February 2013 | The Kathmandu Post.

    Published by: CESLAM

    A multi-donor employment programme has reportedly created job s for 50,000 youths in the country in the last five years.

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  • Trade unions cover 3.4pc labour force

    Year of Publication: 6 February 2013 | The Himalayan Times

    Published by: CESLAM

    There are more than a dozen trade unions active in the country but they cover only a fraction of the total labour force of 11.7 million. They cover about only 400,000 workers ...

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  • Home-based workers unite for rights

    Year of Publication: 5 February 2013 | The Himalayan Times

    Published by: CESLAM

    Domestic workers, recognised as a large segment in the informal economy, have united to secure their rights with a campaign to pressure the government to include them in labour laws. 

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  • Brain Gain

    Year of Publication: 4 February 2013 | Republica

    Published by: CESLAM

    As youths across the country lament the lack of employment opportunities at home, Rajan Binayak Pasha of Chovar VDC, Kathmandu, has decided to challenge the norm by creating his own employment. This ...

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  • Half of the missing children go untraced

    Year of Publication: 2 February 2013 | Republica

    Published by: CESLAM

    In a shocking revelation, it has been known that nearly half the total of missing children in Nepal go untraced.Citing records at Nepal Police, police spokesman Deputy Inspector General Keshav Adhikari said ...

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  • इँटा उद्योगमा मजदुरमाथि यौन शोषण

    Year of Publication: 23 January 2013 | Nagarik

    Published by: CESLAM

    दुइ महिनासम्म सिरहाको बेल्हा-४ स्थित ओम इँटा उद्योगमा बन्धक महिला र युवतीमाथि यौन शोषण भएको रहस्य खुलेको छ। सिरहा प्रहरीले बन्धकमुक्त महिला र युवतीसित लिएको बयानमा उनीहरुले आफूमाथि यौन शोषण भएको बताएका ...

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  • Rescued women laborers were sexually abused

    Year of Publication: 22 January 2013 | Republica

    Published by: CESLAM

    A preliminary investigation by the police has revealed that the recently rescued women ´bonded´ workers from a Siraha-based brick factory were sexually abused.

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  • 64 freed workers return to India

    Year of Publication: 19 January 2013 | The Himalayan Times

    Published by: CESLAM

    Sixty-four Indian workers rescued from the Om Brick Kiln of Belhakatti, Siraha, have reached their hometown Jayanagar in India today.

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  • Birgunj Labor Office demands updated data from 300 industries

    Year of Publication: 14 January 2013 | Republica

    Published by: CESLAM

    The Labor Office of Birgunj has issued letters to around 300 industries demanding that they update their industrial statistics as per the Labor Act 1991.

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  • Employment Fund to train 17‚195 in 2013

    Year of Publication: 29 December 2012 | The Himalayan Times

    Published by: CESLAM

    Employment Fund — a multi donor employment initiative — has planned to provide skill based training to about 17,195 Nepalis in 2013. It has designed 70 job oriented training programmes for next ...

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  • A future in bricks

    Year of Publication: 24 December 2012 | The Kathmandu Post

    Published by: CESLAM

    A month ago, when one of his colleagues happened to suggest joining a brick kiln as a labourer, Nabin Bhujel barely hesitated before deciding to take it up.

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  • काम खोज्दै इँटाभट्टा

    Year of Publication: 16 December 2012 | Kantipur

    Published by: CESLAM

    तीव्र गतिमा हावा चले उनीहरूको बासस्थान भत्काउन सक्छ । काठको टेकोबिना भित्तामा अड्याएर छाप्रो बनाइएको छ । ढुंगाको चुल्हो बनाएर खाना पकाउँछन् । चिसो भुइँमा सुकुल ओछ्याएर सुत्छन् । चिसो छेक्ने एकसरो ...

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  • A Korean’s love beyond borders

    Year of Publication: 9 December 2012 | Republica

    Published by: CESLAM

    While hundreds of Nepali youths leave for employment in Korea due to lack of opportunities at home, a Korean national has been working in a restaurant in Pokhara and spending his hard ...

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  • Freezing temperatures force people out of Upper Mustang

    Year of Publication: 5 December 2012 | Republica

    Published by: CESLAM

    After storing the harvest, the people of the region leave their villages in search of warmer places to escape the biting cold. Among their favored destinations are Pokhara, Chitwan and Katmandu while ...

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