Essays about: "migration in nepal"

Found 5 essays containing the words migration in nepal.

1. 1. The female perspective on a situation of uncertainty : examining gendered and accumulated vulnerability in multiexposure to stressors through a case study in rural Nepal

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Filippa Dahlback; [2023]
   Keywords : Multi-exposure; stressors; climate change; Ghorka earthquake; COVID-19; vulnerability; gender; Nepal; life histories; small-scale farmers;

   Abstract : Climate change impacts are becoming more severe globally, with estimations of a continued negative trend in the future. This interacts with increasing natural disasters as well as non-climatic stressors, such as pandemics or social stressors, creating a multi-exposure to stressors especially harmful for rural populations and small-scale farmers who depend on natural resources for their livelihoods. READ MORE

3. 2. “We do not like to stay in the villages just cutting grass and looking after the livestock” : patterns of change in the rural Ramechhap district of Nepal

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Rebecca Hymnelius; [2019]
   Keywords : changes; empowerment; feminization of agriculture; lifeworld; migration; Nepal; remittance; rural households; women;

   Abstract : This thesis is about continuity and change in rural Nepal with the purpose of understanding what changes migration has brought about in rural villages in the Ramechhap district. Migration is not a new phenomenon in Nepal, which has a long history of both domestic and foreign migration. READ MORE

4. 3. Left behind women and empowerment. Consequences of male labour migration on the economic and social position of left behind women in Nepal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Karolina Kulczycka; [2015]
   Keywords : Male labour migration; Remittances; Empowerment; Nepal; Women Left Behind; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Women’s empowerment is crucial for overall development. It has been recognized by international organizations as important factor as Millennium Development Goal (The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014:20). READ MORE

5. 4. Impacts from Migration and Remittances in the Nepali Society - Analysing the Migration Process in Nepal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Johan Nicander; [2015]
   Keywords : Migration; Financial-Remittances; Social-Remittances; Poverty Reduction; Development; Nepal; Brain Drain Gain ; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Nepal is one of the countries where remittances in proportion of the GDP are the highest with 28,8 per cent in 2013. A total of 7,2 per cent of Nepal’s population are found abroad and the remittances that they transfer back have been recognized to play an important role in reducing poverty in Nepal, even though critics argue that these remittances are only spent and not invested. READ MORE

6. 5. Tibetan migration to India - Why, when, how and with what consequences?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : Charlotte Pehrson; [2004]
   Keywords : Samhällsvetenskaper; Social sciences; Migration; Tibet; Kina; Indien; China; India; Social geography; Socialgeografi; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : When China occupied Tibet in 1950 in order to "liberate" Tibet from its "economic backwardness" of feudal and religious traditions, the effects were devastating. Tibetans were dispatched to labour camps, monks and nuns were executed or imprisoned, thousands of monasteries and temples were destroyed and communist propaganda was forced upon the Tibetan people. READ MORE