Nepali migrant workers have been facing difficulties in various labour destination countries due to the abrupt halt in economic activities in the wake of the pandemic
Last updated on September 20th, 2023 at 11:43 am
Novel Coronavirus has led to an unprecedented socio-economic impact across the world, with migrant workers in several countries facing the most brunt of the pandemic. Business shutdowns and border closures implemented by world governments to curb the spread of Coronavirus left lakhs of migrant workers in dire situation with no source of livelihood.
Similarly, Nepali migrant workers have been facing difficulties in various labour destination countries due to the abrupt halt in economic activities in the wake of the pandemic. However, labour migrant experts and human rights workers have asserted that it is the Nepali women migrant workers who are going through tougher hardships in the process. Nepali women workers employed in various sections of society in foreign countries are going through a higher risk of exploitation and prolonging struggle due to the virus-induced restrictions.
Women migrant workers who have been working as housemaids in Gulf countries are reportedly subject to various forms of exploitation by their employers and agents, and the situation has aggravated in the wake of the pandemic.
In its latest report, the International Labour Organisation has also provided evidence for a disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women workers. The ILO assessment, released on Tuesday, states that women working in domestic sector and healthcare sector are at greater risk of losing their jobs along with the risk of contracting Coronavirus. At the same time, they are less likely to receive social protection amid the pandemic crisis.
“The pre-pandemic unequal distribution of unpaid care work has also worsened during the crisis, exacerbated by the closure of schools and care services,” the ILO report stated.
Furthermore, Nepali human rights activists are also raising concerns over the health risks faced by women labourers working in unsafe working environment in foreign countries. Notedly, incidents of gender-based violence and inequalities have also grown against women since the pandemic lockdown.
Women migrant workers’ health, wages and legal rights should be ensured. There should be a mechanism to look into their grievances and a plan in place once they return home
NHRC worker
Last month, Nepali women rights activists called on the government to initiate the registration process of undocumented women migrant workers who were employed in foreign countries through informal channels, taking cognizance of the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
As per the World Bank, almost 7.4 per cent of Nepal’s 28 million population is working abroad, which is significantly more than twice the global average. Addressing the plight of migrant workers, the Nepali government has launched an evacuation plan prioritising the repatriation of those workers who suffering in their hosting countries without jobs and source of income.
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