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…
A proposal by Nepal’s Immigration Department requiring consent from a guardian and local government for women under the age of 40 travelling to…
Deepika and Malka Cohen in 2017. Photo: TSERING DOLKER GURUNG/NEPALI TIMES ARCHIVEDeepika and Malka Cohen in the hospital in 2019 before she…
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…
More than 2,500 undocumented Nepali workers in Kuwait have taken advantage of the government’s amnesty to apply for travel documents so they can…
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…
Reassessing Nepal’s ban on domestic work abroad and exploring employment alternatives
A recent Bournemouth University study exploring health care problems of 1,000 female migrant returnees revealed that Nepali women workers face…
What is it about labour migration that keeps drawing hundreds of thousands of people every year away from their homes and families despite the…
The road to the Global Compact on Migration in Marrakesh this week has not been smooth in a politically tense global environment as an…
