बिदेश पुगे पछि मान्छे आफ्नो देशको नाम सुन्न साथ कति ख़ुशी हुन्छ तर यहाँ नेपालीले नेपालीलाई नै यसरी निर्ममतापूर्वक कुटिरहेकी छ

The government has decided to allow Nepali women to work abroad as housemaids, backtracking on its resolve to lift the restriction only after signing separate labour agreements with the host countries.Nepali women aged 24 and above will now be able to take up domestic jobs in the Gulf and Malaysia with the help of selected recruiting agencies, according to Minister for Labour and Employment Deepak Bohara.In April last year, the government endorsed new guidelines, making major changes to the law, besides setting the minimum age, salary and benefits for women leaving as domestic workers. Consulting with recruiting agencies for women willing to take up the jobs is being made mandatory for the first time.

But the government could not convince any of the labour receiving countries to sign separate pacts on domestic helps, according to ministry officials. On the other hand, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been pressing Nepali officials to allow housemaids access to the countries through the formal channel.

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“We sent a draft of the proposal to several governments. None of the labour receiving governments in the Gulf was eager to sign a separate agreement on domestic helps. They want to hire Nepali housemaids but are not ready to make any reforms in the Kafala law that governs the domestic sector,” said an official at the Department of Foreign Employment, adding that the decision was taken unilaterally by Minister Bohara.The official said that Nepal was bound to lose if the minister pressed ahead with his plan to send workers as per the terms and conditions set by the governments and employers in the Gulf