Nepali Migrant Women

Author : Shobha Hamal Gurung
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780815653479

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Nepali Migrant Women by Shobha Hamal Gurung Pdf

In this pathbreaking and timely work, Hamal Gurung gives voice to the growing number of Nepali women who migrate to the United States to work in the informal economy. Highlighting the experiences of thirty-five women, mostly college educated and middle class, who take on domestic service and unskilled labor jobs, Hamal Gurung challenges conventional portraits of Third World women as victims forced into low-wage employment. Instead, she sheds light on Nepali women’s strategic decisions to accept downwardly mobile positions in order to earn more income, thereby achieving greater agency in their home countries as well as in their diasporic communities in the United States. These women are not only investing in themselves and their families—they are building transnational communities through formal participation in NGOs and informal networks of migrant workers. In great detail, Hamal Gurung documents Nepali migrant women’s lives, making visible the profound and far-reaching effects of their civic, economic, and political engagement.

Author : Shobha Hamal Gurung
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0815634137

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Nepali Migrant Women by Shobha Hamal Gurung Pdf

In this pathbreaking and timely work, Hamal Gurung gives voice to the growing number of Nepali women who migrate to the United States to work in the informal economy. Highlighting the experiences of thirty-five women, mostly college educated and middle class, who take on domestic service and unskilled labor jobs, Hamal Gurung challenges conventional portraits of Third World women as victims forced into low-wage employment. Instead, she sheds light on Nepali women’s strategic decisions to accept downwardly mobile positions in order to earn more income, thereby achieving greater agency in their home countries as well as in their diasporic communities in the United States. These women are not only investing in themselves and their families—they are building transnational communities through formal participation in NGOs and informal networks of migrant workers. In great detail, Hamal Gurung documents Nepali migrant women’s lives, making visible the profound and far-reaching effects of their civic, economic, and political engagement.

Author : Susanne Åsman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781498558556

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Bombay Going by Susanne Åsman Pdf

Susanne Åsman's compelling ethnographic account examines migration for sex work in the Sindhupalchowk district of Nepal. Åsman explores how this migration, known as "Bombay Going," is understood by the locals. With a focus on agency, Åsman investigates how the migrants carve out a space for themselves and create relatedness in the spaces in between, from their homes in rural Nepal to the brothels of Mumbai. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of sex trafficking, gender, migration, or the global south.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Feminism
ISBN : LCCN:2005310956

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National Consultation on Empowering Migrant Women Workers of Nepal by Anonim Pdf

Proceedings of the Consultation on women migrant labor and feminism in Nepal held in Kathmandu in 2003.

Author : Hannah Uprety
Publisher : transcript Verlag
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783839462126

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Becoming a Migrant Worker in Nepal by Hannah Uprety Pdf

High-profile events such as the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have made one thing abundantly clear: Much of today's economic growth would be unthinkable without the low-wage employment of migrant workers. But which cultural, economic, and political infrastructures in the »source« countries make these types of migration possible in the first place? Based on multi-sensory ethnographic research in Nepal, Hannah Uprety retraces the practices of recruitment and instruction that - step by step - transform Nepali labor into an internationally marketable commodity. In doing so, she uncovers a migration regime that effectively turns local men and women into »migrant workers« before they even leave the country.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Foreign workers, Nepali
ISBN : 999462086X

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Nepali Women and Foreign Labour Migration by Anonim Pdf

Covers the period 19th-20th century.

Author : Ganesh Gurung,Padma Khatiwada,Nepal Institute of Development Studies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Women foreign workers
ISBN : 9937866537

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Nepali Women in the Middle East by Ganesh Gurung,Padma Khatiwada,Nepal Institute of Development Studies Pdf

Author : Asis Kumar Pain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Emigration and immigration
ISBN : NWU:35556038865382

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Migrating Women by Asis Kumar Pain Pdf

Currently, the share of women in the world s international migrant population is almost half. Women migration is in line with gender-specific labour demand in the countries of destination. With laws regarding admission of migrant workers being generally

Author : RADHA. ADHIKARI
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-08-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1032401079

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Migrant Health Professionals and the Global Labour Market by RADHA. ADHIKARI Pdf

This book offers a fresh perspective on gender debates in Nepal and analyses how the international migration of the first generation of professional female Nepali nurses has been a catalyst for social change. With unprecedented access to study participants in Nepal (the source country), following them and their networks in the UK (the destination country), this ethnographic study explores Nepali nurses' migration journeys, relocation experiences, and their international migration 'dreams' and aspirations. It illustrates how migrant nurses strive to manage social and professional difficulties as they work towards achieving their ultimate migration aims. The book shows that nursing shortages and international nurse migration are isseus of gender, on a global scale, and that the current trend of privatisation in health systems makes the labour market vulnerable, and stimulates international migration of health professionals. Arguing that international nurse migration is an integral part of the globalisation of health, the author highlights key policy strategies that are useful for global nursing and health workforce management. A well-informed and much-needed study of nurse migration in the global healthcare market, this book will be of interest to professionals and academics working in nursing studies, health and social care studies, gender and international migration studies, and global health studies, as well as South Asian studies.

Author : Isaku Endo,Gabi G. Afram
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2011-07-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821370506

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The Qatar-Nepal Remittance Corridor by Isaku Endo,Gabi G. Afram Pdf

This report identifies challenges in the migration process from Nepal to Qatar (related to high migration costs and their financing) and constraints in the remittance transfer process from Qatar to Nepal, which together limit the development and poverty reduction impact of remittance flows to Nepali households. The report analyzes migration practices, remittance transfer processes, and their underlying legal and regulatory framework in the Qatar-Nepal Corridor in order to provide policy recommendations that would help improve the scale and impact of remittance transfers from Qatar to Nepal, and enhance the integrity of migration and remittances in the corridor. These recommendations are especially important given that although Nepalis constitute around a quarter of the migrant labor-force in Qatar, they send home only 7 percent of total remittance outflows from Qatar. This corridor has several distinctive features. First, the majority of remittance flows from Qatar to Nepal are being transferred through officially regulated remittance channels. One of the reasons for this is actually the second feature of this corridor, namely, the officially managed migration process from Nepal to Qatar (as a result of which the majority of migrants are documented workers). The third feature is the contrast between the high competition and low prices of remittance services in this corridor on the one hand, and the contradictory rules and high costs incurred during the migration process on the other hand. Finally, as a by-product of the complex migration process which involves multiple players, financial transfers through informal mechanisms take place from Nepal to Qatar in order to pay the commissions of manpower agencies and middlemen. In Chapter I, the process of migration from Nepal to Qatar is explained and analyzed. Chapter II looks at the remittance transfer process from Qatar to Nepal. Chapter III provides an overview of the legal and regulatory framework underpinning remittance transfers in both in Nepal and Qatar. Finally, Chapter IV summarizes the main findings, identifies the main challenges and provides policy recommendations on how to improve the efficiency of the migration and the scale and impact remittance transfers in the corridor.

Author : Susan Thieme
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : History
ISBN : 3825892468

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Social Networks and Migration by Susan Thieme Pdf

In Far West Nepal - an area extremely impoverished also by Nepalese standards - labour migration to India has been an integral part of the livelihood strategies of the majority of people for several generations. This research is based on case studies among male and female migrants in Delhi coming from four villages of Far West Nepal. The analysis focuses on selected aspects of the migrants' daily lives, such as working and living conditions, management of loans and savings, and remittance transfer. It was found, that the whole migration process is mainly facilitated by transnational kin and friendship networks. To grasp the geographical and social dimensions of the migrant's lives an integrative approach in joining the sustainable livelihoods approach, Bourdieu's theory of practice, the concept of social capital and the concept of transnational migration was developed. Further results show, that the majority of the migrants are male. The unskilled migrants occupy a distinct niche, in which men have been working as watchmen and car cleaners for generations. The job market is highly organized since jobs are handed over and sold within networks. If wives of migrants are in Delhi for longer periods, they engage in housekeeping. For financial needs migrants established their own informal savings and credit associations. Although migration is firstly seen as an opportunity by the migrants, it can as well perpetuate debt and dependency and entail that they remain migrants for their whole lives.

Author : Natalia Popova (Labor economist),Mustafa Hakki Özel,International Labour Office. Labour Migration Branch,International Labour Office. Department of Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Emigration and immigration
ISBN : 9221326713

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ILO Global Estimates on International Migrant Workers by Natalia Popova (Labor economist),Mustafa Hakki Özel,International Labour Office. Labour Migration Branch,International Labour Office. Department of Statistics Pdf

If the right policies are in place, labour migration can help countries respond to shifts in labour supply and demand, stimulate innovation and sustainable development, and transfer and update skills. However, a lack of international standards regarding concepts, definitions and methodologies for measuring labour migration data still needs to be addressed. This report gives global and regional estimates, broken down by income group, gender and age. It also describes the data, sources and methodology used, as well as the corresponding limitations. The report seeks to contribute to the 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration and to achieving SDG targets 8.8 and 10.7

Author : Bandita Sijapati,Amrita Limbu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Emigration and immigration
ISBN : 9937587034

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Governing Labour Migration in Nepal by Bandita Sijapati,Amrita Limbu Pdf

Author : Fadwa El Guindi
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2004-11-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780759115163

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Visual Anthropology by Fadwa El Guindi Pdf

El Guindi provides a comprehensive guide to the methods of visual anthropology and the use of film in cross-cultural research and ethnography. She shows how visual media — photographic, filmic, interactive — is now an accepted part of the anthropological process, a vital tool that reflects and produces knowledge about the range of cultures and about culture itself. It preserves the integrity of people, objects, and events in their cultural context, and expands our horizons beyond the reach of memory culture. El Guindi places visual anthropology within an empirically-based, analytic framework, built on systematic observation, identifying the research cycle that begins with data gathering and leads to visual ethnographic construction that is anthropological in method, process, and product. She explains how indigenous, professional, and amateur forms of pictorial/auditory materials are grounded in personal, social, cultural, and ideological contexts, and describes the non-Western critique of the Western traditions of visual anthropology. Her book is an excellent guide for ethnographic research, and for film and other media instruction concerned with cross-cultural representation.

Author : Rakkee Thimothy,S. K. Sasikumar,V.V. Giri National Labour Institute,UN Women South Asia Sub Regional Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Persian Gulf States
ISBN : 819242720X

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Migration of Women Workers from South Asia to the Gulf by Rakkee Thimothy,S. K. Sasikumar,V.V. Giri National Labour Institute,UN Women South Asia Sub Regional Office Pdf