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An Investigative Study of
the Training Institutions conducting
Training Programs for the Migrant Women Workers in Kathmandu, Nepal

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Batch of 2005
Women’s Studies Program
Tribhuwan University
(Supported by:- UNIFEM)

A deep sight of Saru J. Shrestha.

Objcetive:-

General objective:
To scan the quantity and quality of training institutes
for meeting the training needs and demands of MWWs.
Specific Objectives :
•To find out the nature of demand for training by MWWs;
•To scrutinize the types of training offered by different training institutes, for judging their relevance and adequacy to MWWs; and
•To check the existing monitoring mechanism of trainings and training institutes to ensure benefits to MWWs.

Participants in the hall.

COLLECTION OF DATA

•MWWS & Training institutes : Personal contacts as well as list received from DOLEP & Paurakhi.
••By visiting Training institutes.
••Meeting and interviewing past, present and potential MWWs
••Meeting key informants.

Bijaya from Poukhari presenting her feeling.

IN MAJORITY

•Age:ØPast MWWs - 33-37 years;
ØPresent and Potential MWWs- 23-27 years
• Dominance of ethnic population
ØPast MWWs – 53 percent;
ØPresent MWWS – 39 percent;
ØPotential MWWs – 40 percent..
•Dominance of residence from Central Region
ØPast MWWs – 43 percent;
ØPresent MWWs – 66 percent
ØPotential MWWs – 48 percent

PAST MWWS

•Country of employment of Past MWWSØEast Asia – 43 percent;
ØMiddle East countries – 24 percent;
• Occupation of Past MWWS
ØSkilled – 79 percent.
ØProfessional – 15 percent
ØUnskilled & Clerical works – 6 percent
• PDT among Past MWWs
ØPDT taken – 21 percent;
ØRelevance of training – 85 percent
ØImportance of PDT – 59 percent

PRESENT MWWS

•Education ØSecondary level – 33 percent
ØHigher secondary level – 28 percent
ØBachelor level & above- 15 percent
•57 percent Present MWWS have received confirmation for work.
••Destination country
ØIsrael – 82 percent;
•Training taken
Ø75 percent have taken a month long training.
ØCost of training Rs.1000 to Rs.30000
Ø80 percent are satisfied
•OccupationØSkilled – 94 percent.
ØProfessional & Clerical works – 6 percent

POTENTIAL MWWS

•Education ØHigher secondary & above – 36 percent
ØHigher Secondary level – 30 percent
ØSecondary – 24 percent
•Destination country
ØMiddle East – 32 percent;
ØNorth America – 25 percent.
•Occupation
ØSkilled – 73 percent.
ØProfessional – 23 percent
ØUnskilled & Clerical works – 4 percent
•Desire for training
Ø75 percent want to take trainings.
Ø35 percent want skilled training
Ø30 percent want training in care

Guests on the stage.

TRAINING INSTITUTES

•Orientation training 93 percent
•Variation in training fees
•Demand obtained from foreign employment agencies & government advertisements•Trainers
ØBachelors level with TOT – 69 percent;
ØBachelors level – 23 percent
••Monitoring by DOLEP

Recommendations

•Majority of present and potential MWWs are aged between 23-32 years.
•More than half of the MWWs are from Central Region.
•Very few are migrating as professionals.
•Training is beneficial but the costly.
•Disparity between the fees taken by the training institutes.
•The demand for PDT is high.
•Strict follow up is lacking.
•Address MWWS’s rights
•Enable all MWWS’s in the global job market
•Make trainings more practical and cost-effective
Policy recommendations
ØMake monitoring mechanism more effective
Ø Increase and strengthen cooperation between various sectors
Ø Create awareness among the MWWS about the importance of PDT
Ø Conduct a separate study of women migrating informally

THANK YOU