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17 May 2018
Across the world millions of adults and children are caught in the modern slavery trap of bonded labour – forced to work under terrible conditions to pay off debt owed to moneylenders. A new briefing provides insight into appropriate policy interventions and future directions for research in to bonded labour in India and Nepal.
15 May 2018
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
International enterprises, sex work, organised crime groups, and exploitative recruitment agencies have dominated the discussion on modern slavery in recent years. However, while this work is important, it is just the tip of the iceberg.
1 May 2018
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in Nepal. Compounded by the remote terrain, endemic...
Tackling Modern Slavery both within the UK and internationally is a top priority for the UK Government, as underlined in the modern slavery strategy.
28 February 2018
Over the past two years (2015 – 2017), IDS researchers have worked with partners in India, Nepal, Rwanda and Tanzania to capture in-depth stories of low-income women’s lives and the extent to which state and local NGO-run economic empowerment initiatives are helping to improve them.
12 February 2018
Published by: Wiley
This article discusses new qualitative evidence on the opportunities and barriers to women's participation in peace-building processes, based on a comparative analysis of case studies conducted in Afghanistan, Liberia, Nepal and Sierra Leone.
6 February 2018
This paper explores the drivers of Nepal's maternal and child nutrition success using document review, interviews with mothers, and...
30 November 2017
Published by: IDS
This report provides evidence on the lived experiences of women in low-income families, as they strive to balance their paid work and unpaid care work responsibilities. It presents the findings of a mixed-methods research project carried out in India, Nepal, Rwanda, and Tanzania during 2015–17.
1 November 2017
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This working paper seeks to examine the relationship between unpaid care work and paid work that women in low-income households in Nepal...
1 October 2017
This is a report of the analysis of multiple life stories collected across the Freedom Fund slavery and bonded labour hotspot in the Eastern Terai of Nepal. Life stories were analysed by NGO fieldwork staff and community representatives at the Collective Story Analysis workshop held 5-9th March 2017.
