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Published in: Migrant Futures: OpinionAs COVID brings migrants home, how can Nepal reintegrate returning workers?
Money from overseas makes up a quarter of GDP, and the effects of the pandemic are putting a squeeze on an already...
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Published in: Beyond Trafficking and Slavery: OpinionLabour migrants’ struggle to subvert anti-trafficking interventions in Nepal
For the targets of anti-trafficking measures, they are just one more obstacle to overcome.
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Published in: Migrant FuturesCan Nepal cope with the return of migrant workers?
With thousands of Nepali migrant workers forced to return home because of COVID-19, the country is facing serious challenges.
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Published in: HomeParticipatory democracy in emerging contexts: Fiji and Nepal
“They used to insist that they were sufficiently conversant with the issues. How would they know unless they discuss...
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Published in: HomeAppreciative Inquiry – putting people at the heart of the future
It is a cyclic, iterative process which means that you continue to capture and use the learning you have as you go forward.
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Published in: 50.50Will Nepal give equal citizenship rights to women?
Nepali women are treated as second-class citizens, due to discriminatory nationality law.
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Published in: 50.50Nepali widows: changing colours, changing mindsets
The growing widows’ movement in Nepal is winning rights for single and widowed women, and challenging the...
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Published in: 50.50Nepal: the struggle for equal citizenship rights for women
Nepal's new constitution was widely celebrated as progressive, but restrictions on a woman's right to pass on...
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Published in: 50.50Nepal's earthquake: grassroots women as first responders
Networks of Nepali grassroots women are reconstituting protective guards against increased violence against women,...
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Published in: openSecurityNepal: chronicle of a disaster foretold
The Nepalese earthquake was a product of natural causes. But the full death toll and slow recovery are not.
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Published in: openIndiaNepal: natural disaster, unnatural suffering
Shockingly, none of the funds that have been pledged by international donors have actually been transferred to...
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Published in: HomeNepal: Britain’s friend in need
Britain and Nepal share something quite rare in the history of international relations: a veritable friendship...
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Published in: openSecurityOverlooked and invisible: the women of enforced disappearances
The overwhelming majority of the victims of enforced disappearances are men. What happens to the women left behind?
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Published in: openSecurity“There was so much fear”
The outworking of the eight-year-old peace agreement in Nepal has embraced the government and its Maoist opponents....
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Published in: HomeIdiosyncratic modernisation
The images in Manakamana combine to create a fascinating story about tradition in transit, and the necessity of...
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Published in: openSecurityTruth is the legacy we want
An op-ed from six youth activists in countries where official truth seeking initiatives are underway or being...
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Published in: openIndiaIs slavery invincible?
The right not to be enslaved is one of the two absolute human rights that cannot be violated on any ground...
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Published in: openIndiaThe 'politics of consensus' in Nepal
The battle between consensus politics and majoritarian politics has not only brought Nepalese politics to a...
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Published in: HomeFor South Asians on the “We are all Malala” bandwagon
Given such levels of violence against girls and women, it is a wonder that so many Indians can feel superior while...
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Published in: HomeThe modern rise of Nazi chic
A mixture of ignorant customers and profit hungry retailers are trivialising the symbolism of Hitler and Nazi...