Migration Letters
Volume 16, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 611-624

Nepali women’s labour migration: Between protection and proscription (Article)

Sijapati B. , Mak J. , Zimmerman C. , Kiss L.
  • a Social Science Baha, Centre for the Study of Labour and Mobility, Nepal
  • b Faculty of Public Health and Policy, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
  • c Faculty of Public Health and Policy, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
  • d Faculty of Public Health and Policy, Department of Global Health and Development, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Abstract

With the increase in female migration, especially in the domestic sector, and accompanying reports of worker exploitation and abuse, labour-sending countries are grappling with the question of how to protect these workers. Drawing on a critical feminist policy analysis framework, this article analyses the policy and regulatory frameworks of Nepal related to female labour migration and examines their implications. Our analysis indicates that Nepal’s policy regime consist of a set of measures which are simultaneously liberal, protective and restrictive, and as such, they have not altered the structural conditions and economic reasons for women’s migration. Instead, women appear to be largely uninformed about government regulations, and most importantly, working conditions abroad are not affected by sending country policies, including the various migration bans put in place to protect women. Copyright @ 2019 MIGRATION LETTERS

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Policy analysis Migration Gender

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85074359327&doi=10.33182%2fml.v16i4.847&partnerID=40&md5=1ea0d1b8771dde4257ed912f514e82f6
DOI: 10.33182/ml.v16i4.847
ISSN: 17418984
Original Language: English