Skip To Content
Policy Briefs

Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal

By , , , on November 17, 2020

Most domestic workers in Nepal are employed in live-out arrangements with multiple employers while others, many of them adolescent girls, live in the home of a single employer. Among recommendations made in this policy brief are that domestic workers are registered with local authorities, which will allow access to relief in crises such as COVID-19; that domestic workers are drawn into the formal social security system; and that labour monitoring is done to tackle child labour and violence in the workplace.

This brief is part of the WIEGO Publication Series and was funded by the Open Society Foundation's  Women's Rights Programme.

View list of all: Policy Briefs

Download the PDF(this link opens in new window)

Citation Information

WIEGO, IDWF, Nepal, Home W. U. o., and GEFONT, Home. Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 20, , . WIEGO, 2020. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WIEGO_PolicyBrief_N20_Nepal for Web.pdfWIEGO, IDWF, Nepal, H. W. U. o., and GEFONT, H. (2020). Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 20, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WIEGO_PolicyBrief_N20_Nepal for Web.pdfWIEGO, IDWF, Nepal, Home W. U. o., and GEFONT, Home. "Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal." WIEGO Policy Brief No. 20, WIEGO, 2020, .WIEGO, IDWF, Nepal Home W. U. o., and GEFONT Home. "Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal." WIEGO Policy Brief No. 20 (2020). https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WIEGO_PolicyBrief_N20_Nepal for Web.pdfWIEGO, IDWF, Nepal, H W U o, and GEFONT, H 2020, 'Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal', WIEGO Policy Brief No. 20, , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WIEGO_PolicyBrief_N20_Nepal for Web.pdf WIEGO, IDWF, Home W U o Nepal, and Home GEFONT, 'Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal' (2020) WIEGO Policy Brief No. 20 WIEGO, IDWF, Nepal H. W. U. o., and GEFONT H. Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 20. 2020. https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WIEGO_PolicyBrief_N20_Nepal for Web.pdfWIEGO, IDWF, Nepal, Home W. U. o., and GEFONT, Home. Domestic Workers, Risk and Social Protection in Nepal. WIEGO Policy Brief No. 20. 2020. , . https://www.wiego.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/WIEGO_PolicyBrief_N20_Nepal for Web.pdf

The WIEGO Research Library

WIEGO is at the forefront of developing statistics and research to help audiences understand the informal economy. Our library includes over two decades-worth of informal economy research, policy analysis, statistics and documentation of organizing efforts.