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Nepali caregivers sit for Israel job exams
More than 7,000 Nepali migrant workers sat for an English exam on Monday for openings in 1,000 caregiver jobs in Israel.More than 7,000 Nepalis…
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 to…
Demand grows for Nepali caregivers in Israel
Deepika and Malka Cohen in 2017. Photo: TSERING DOLKER GURUNG/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEDeepika and Malka Cohen in the hospital in 2019 before she…
Nepali workers rejoin jobs overseas
After being stranded in Kathmandu for six months, 147 Nepali workers who had been on home leave before the lockdown finally fly out to rejoin…
Nepalis in Kuwait apply to return home
Undocumented workers in Kuwait from Nepal line up for travel documents at the Nepal Embassy in Kuwait. More than 2,500 undocumented Nepali…
Lift the ban on domestic workers
Nepali domestic worker in balcony of a Beirut house. Photo: UPASANA KHADKAShama had a job waiting for her as a domestic worker in Kuwait. But…
Migrating for domestic work
Reassessing Nepal’s ban on domestic work abroad and exploring employment alternatives
Caring for Nepal's women
Women migrant returnees at PourakhiA recent Bournemouth University study exploring health care problems of 1,000 female migrant returnees…
Shared stories, shattered dreams of South Asian migrant workers
Photo: OM ASTHA RAIWhat is it about labour migration that keeps drawing hundreds of thousands of people every year away from their homes and…
Changing the headlines on migration
Photo: OM ASTHA RAIThe road to the Global Compact on Migration in Marrakesh this week has not been smooth in a politically tense global…