From
serf to solicitor : Urmila Chaudhari pursues a law
degree to provide former bonded labourers like herself
legal support, by Santosh Dahit (nt 24/03/2023)
Haruwa-Charuwa
demand rehabilitation program (kh 15/03/2023)
Province
govt committed to solving problems facing freed
kamaiyas: CM Bhatta (kh 18/09/2022)
Freed
Kamaiyas in Kanchanpur awaiting ‘just’ rehabilitation
(kh 31/08/2022)
RDN
Nepal demands implementation of ‘Study report of freed
Kamaiya, Kamlahari, Haruwa-charuwa Situation’ (kh
22/08/2022)
Resettle
All Freed Kamaiyas, by Uttam Maharjan (rn
02/08/2022)
Freed
Kamalaris staying at Dang hostel seek help for
sustenance : For a lack of sufficient funds, the living
conditions for 37 students in the hostel have worsened,
by Durgalal KC (kp 01/08/2022)
Freedom
for Haliyas a long shot even after 14 years of supposed
emancipation : A good number of former bonded farm
labourers in Sudurpaschim and Karnali find themselves in
the dredges of poverty and privation, by Basanta
Pratap Singh and Arjun Shah (kp 20/07/2022)
PM
Deuba orders to seek ways of addressing problems facing
freed Kamaiyas (kp 18/07/2022)
Freed
slaves of Western Nepal still await rehabilitation,
by Surendra Kafle (ae 20/01/2022)
NHRC
takes stock of situation of freed haliyas in Bajura
(ht 19/12/2021)
Agriculture
Bonded Labour conference concludes (ht 17/12/2021)
Freed
Kamlaris yet to receive identity card (kh
26/09/2021)
26
families of freed haliyas receive houses, lands (kh
07/09/2021) [After so many
years, this is a drop in the ocean!]
Ex-kamaiyas
still waiting for land plots for settlement (kh
23/07/2021)
Food
items given to freed haliyas in Bajura (ht
24/06/2021)
Freed
haliyas bearing the brunt of pandemic (ht
12/06/2021)
Haliya
family struggling for life for want of treatment (ht
02/04/2021), Freed
haliyas in Bajura still remain victims of state apathy
(ht 04/04/2021)
Industrial
area plan faces backlash from former Kamaiyas and
landless in BankeAround 500 households living on the
proposed site at Baijanath Rural Municipality for
generations demand that the government first manage
housing for them, by Madhu Shahi (kp 26/02/2021)
Forced
labour, bonded labour and child labour prevalent in
country’s brick kilns sector, new report says :
Organisations call for concerted efforts by all key
stakeholders–government, industry employers and
workers–to work for a decent work agenda in the
country’s brick production industry (kp 29/01/2021)
[see UNICEF
report], Forced,
bonded, child labour thrives in brick kiln sector,
report says : Organisations call for efforts by
government, industry employers and workers to strive for
a decent work agenda in the country’s brick production
industry (kp 30/01/2021)
Bajura's
Haliya community files complaint with NHRC seeking
rights to live (ht 10/01/2021)
Helpless
haliya struggling for lack of money (ht 18/12/2020)
Cooperative
campaign empowers freed Kamalaris in western Tarai
districts : Forty-seven cooperatives have been
established in Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali and
Kanchanpur for the upliftment of the former Kamalaris’
economic status, by Durgalal KC (kp 18/11/2020)
12
years since their liberation, freed Haliyas in
Kanchanpur still await resettlement : Out of 21,069
freed Haliya families in Nepal, only 16,000 are listed
in government data, by Bhawani Bhatta (kp
08/07/2020)
Kamalaris
are still not free: Government needs to ensure
livelihood, employment, education and social security
for Kamalari girls and women, by Sarita Nandmehar
(rep 14/07/2020)
Food
crisis hits haliya families hard in Bajura, by
Prakash Singh (ht 09/04/2020)
Floods
and erosions threaten settlement built for former bonded
labourers in Kanchanpur: The river has already swallowed
13 houses and a school building in the settlement,
by Bhawani Bhatta (kp 14/03/2020)
Free
Kamalaris are becoming self-reliant in Dang: The Freed
Kamalari Development Forum, an organisation formed by
former kamalaris, has been providing monetary assistance
and income-generating skill training to freed kamalaris
to make them financially independent, by Durgalal KC
(kp 16/10/2019)
Freed
haliyas stage rally in Dadeldhura, by Baburam
Shrestha (ht 08/09/2019), 11
years on, many Haliyas struggle for their rights, by
Bira Gadal (rep 08/09/2019)
Haliya
families demand ID card (ht 01/09/2019)
Freed
haliyas complain of being left out of government data:
The haliya rehabilitation is yet to gain momentum,
11 years since their emancipation, by Mohan Shahi
(kp 25/07/2019)
19
yrs on, freed Kamaiyas still wait for own land, by
Pushparaj Joshi (rep 19/07/2019) [The
problem began when the late Prime Minister Girija Prasad
Koirala simply declared them free without caring about
the fate of these people. All subsequent governments
have also shown no interest in it!]
10
years on, freed Kamaiyas still wait for rehabilitation :
Only 34 percent of Rs317.2 million budget allocated for
their rehabilitation has been spent so far, by
Nirmala Khadayat (kp 10/07/2019), Settle
them pronto: It is the duty of the government to provide
shelter, food, health and education to the freed
kamaiyas and haliyas (ht 10/07/2019)
‘Government
money too less to build houses’, by Ram Kumar Kamat
(ht 09/07/2019)
Freed
Haliyas in Bajura move into new homes: 860 of them have
received rehabilitation grants from the central
government this fiscal year, by Sangita Timilsena
(kp 25/06/2019)
Youths
construct learning center in Kamaiya settlement, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 10/05/2019)
Over
30,000
Nepalis still in forced labour, statistics bureau report
says: Largest portion—44 percent—are in agriculture and
forestry sectors, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp
28/04/2019)
Freed
Haliyas seek skill training for employment, by
Bhawani Bhatta (kp 23/04/2019)
Krishni
Tharu’s journey from ex-Kamlari to Deputy Speaker,
by Amrita Anmol (kp 09/03/2019)
Rs
160m distributed to bonded labourers (ht 10/02/2019)
Kamaiya
women campaign to end gender violence, by Ganesh
Chaudhary (kp 04/02/2019)
Nothing
to lose but their chains: Western Nepal’s liberated
slaves find that freedom is complicated, by Sewa
Bhattarai (nt 26/10/2018)
Over
700 freed Kamaiyas get land plots (kp 22/10/2018)
Gang
extorting from freed Kamaiyas held, by Yogesh Rawal
(rep 31/08/2018)
Freed
Haliyas
claim leaders and gov officials extorted portion of
their rehabilitation fund: While the situation of freed
Haliyas has remained unchanged, those working for their
'welfare' have become rich overnight, by Pushkar
Bahdnari (rep 12/08/2018)
‘Many
Kamaiya families still live in abject poverty’, by
Mohan Budhair (kp 18/07/2018)
Tikapur
Campus
fighting to get back its 300 bigha land: The Kamaiyas
started encroaching on the land of the campus from July
8, 2006, by Yogesh Rawal (rep 12/07/2018)
Left
in
lurch: The SC has rightly observed that it is a matter
of shame if human beings are exploited in the name of
customs and practices (ht 09/07/2018)
Call
for probe into corruption in Haliya rehabilitation
programme, by DR Panta (kp 21/06/2018)
Haliya
kids left to fend for themselves (ht 25/04/2018)
Freed
Haliya women silently suffer from disease and loans,
by Krishna Oli (rep 20/03/2018)
Birth
of
new sun: Once a source of worries for Tharu girls, Maghi
today symbolizes celebration, coming together of family
and friends and assertion of Tharu identity, by
Reena Burathoki (rep 17/01/2018)
Kin
of missing Kamlaris urge govt to find their whereabouts,
by Kamal Panthi (kp 15/01/2018)
Ex-Kamalaris
now celebrate Maghi with full enthusiasm, by Arjun
Oli (rep 14/01/2018)
Freed
Haliyas finally get their own homes, by Khamma
Khatri (rep 05/01/2018)
Lack
of ID cards delays Haliyas' rehabilitation, by
Pushkar Bhandari (rep 23/12/2017)
Rehabilitation
package not enough, say freed Haliyas (ht
05/10/2017), Not
enough:
The freed Haliyas lament that the government assistance
for their rehabilitation is inadequate to buy a piece of
land for building a modest home (ht 06/10/2017)
Freed
Kamlaris turning into career women after liberation,
by Kamal Panthi (kp 04/10/2017)
Former
Kamlaris in Bardiya receive ID cards, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 02/09/2017)
Budget
for Kamaiya rehabilitation frozen (ht 03/08/2017)
Budget
for freed Kamaiyas frozen (kp 24/07/2017)
Many
freed
Kamaiyas yet to be rehabilitated, by Kamal Panthi
(kp 17/07/2017)
Ex-Kamaiyas
unable
to earn their own lands, by Thakur Singh Tharu and
Kamal Panthi (kp 14/07/2017)
Undocumented,
domestic
helps mired in low wages, exploitation, by Samipa
Khanal (kp 18/06/2017), Domestic
helps
seeking better pay, protection (ht 22/06/2017)
Modern-day
domestic
slaves: The practice of Kamalari was outlawed 10 years
ago, but the traditional system of bonded labour still
exists in other forms, by Shreejana Shrestha (nt
16/06/2017)
Fund
for
rehabilitation of Haliyas (ht 10/05/2017)
Freed
from
bondage, ready to vote: Seventeen years after
emancipation, many ex-kamaiyas prepare to vote in local
elections for the first time, by Peter Gill (The
Record 08/05/2017)
ILO
launches project to combat forced labor (rep
14/02/2017) [see ILO
brochure on project], End
forced
labour: The government should take the predicament of
the bonded labourers seriously and provide them with
land and also landownership certificates which most of
them lack (ht 15/02/2017)
Aftermath
of
liberation: The story of bonded labourers after
attaining freedom is proving to be troublesome, by
Narayan P. Bhattarai (kp 13/02/2017)
27
Kamlaris missing for over a decade: Despite
unsatisfactory statement, 'masters' left untroubled,
by Devendra Basnet (rep 15/12/2016)
Rs500k
demanded
for rehab of each freed Kamaiya family (kp
10/09/2016)
Haliya
liberation
limited to paper (ht 07/09/2016), Liberation
added to our historical woes: Ex-haliyas, by Krishna
Oli (rep 07/09/2016), Budget
for
freed Haliyas freezes (ht 08/09/2016)
2,000
freed
Kamaiyas still waiting for resettlement, by Kamal
Panthi (kp 10/07/2016)
Former
Kamlaris
demand ID cards: The demand pressed by former indentured
girl child labourers is in line with the nine-point
agreement signed three years ago (kp
31/05/2016), Still
indentured:
In this day and age, there should be no place for bonded
labour (kp 01/06/2016)
A
small loan makes a Kamlari's dreams come true, by
Yogesh Rawal (rep 22/03/2016)
Freed
Kamlaris
pursue self-employment, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp
11/03/2016)
From
a
bonded labor to an inspiring entrepreneur, by
Dilbahadur Chhatyal (rep 08/03/2016)
Ex-Kamlari
students
cry for medical care: A majority of girls say they have
been wearing the school uniform while staying at hostel,
by Durgalal KC (kp 07/02/2016)
Two
freed
Kamlaris climb rungs on academic ladder, by Durgalal
KC (kp 24/01/2016)
Young
Tharu
girls receive bicycles, by Durgalal KC (kp
13/01/2016)
Former
Kamlari
girls lack warm clothes for winter, by Bhawani
Bhatta (kp 24/12/2015)
Freed
Haliyas
not listed in official records (ht 24/12/2015)
Freed
kamlaris
becoming self-dependent (ht 22/12/2015)
Freed
tillers
get new houses as part of govt rehabilitation plan
(ht 19/09/2015)
Freed
tillers
not satisfied with govt rehab package, by Tekendra
Deuba (ht 13/09/2015)
Govt
fails
to resettle freed haliyas (ht 19/08/2015)
Rajbhandari
to
'raise bonded labour issue’: Report says approximately
30,000 children and 143,000 adults are still subjected
to different kinds of forced labour in Nepal (kp
28/07/2015)
Ex-Kamaiyas
await
resettlement, by Kamal Panthi (kp 19/07/2015)
Freed
Kamlaris
faced with hard choices, by Devendra Basnet (kp
11/07/2015)
Haliya
rehabilitation
moving at snail’s pace (ht 26/06/2015)
Dadeldhura
begins
rehabilitation of freed Haliyas (ht 20/06/2015)
Freed
Kamaiyas
reclaim their land after 14 years, by Kamal Panthi
(kp 15/06/2015)
Freed
Haliya
resettlement process begins (ht 27/01/2015)
Freed
haliya
women facing numerous health problems (ht
22/01/2015)
Freed
Kamlaris
celebrate Maghi, by Durga Lal KC (kp 15/01/2015)
Freed
Kamaiyas
face reintegration challenges, by Kamal Panthi (kp
08/01/2015) |