What is it about?
Nepal has a long history of labour migration over the years. Migrants can experience a range of problems in their destination countries, and women are more at risk than men. This paper is the first to explore the problems faced by Nepalese women migrants while working abroad.
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Why is it important?
Too many women (38.5%) had self-reported workplace harassment. Physical violence was the most prevalent (68%), followed by verbal abuse (37.5%), mental stress (29.7%), and sexual abuse (14.1%). Women who were illiterate, unmarried , worked abroad twice or more, changed their place of work lived without documents, worked as domestics, worked in other than Gulf Cooperation Council countries, women who did not have a fixed salary and did not receive salary were more likely to be harassed at work.
Perspectives
Receiving or host governments should introduce and enforce policies protecting women in the workplace. Migrant women should be provided with better information about health risks and hazards as well as how to improve preventive measures in destination countries to reduce workplace harassment
Prof. Edwin R van Teijlingen
Bournemouth University
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This page is a summary of: Workplace harassment faced by female Nepalese migrants working aboard, Global Health Journal, August 2024, Elsevier,
DOI: 10.1016/j.glohj.2024.08.001.
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