"Everyone is leaving who will sow our fields?" the livelihood effects on women of male migration from khotang and udaypur districts, Nepal, to the gulf countries and Malaysia

Himalaya

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-23

  Adhikari, Jagannath ^a   Hobley, Mary ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Class; Gender relations; Migration; Social mobility; Well being; Work load

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CLASS; GENDER RELATIONS; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; LABOR DIVISION; LABOR MIGRATION; MALE; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

KHOTANG; MALAYSIA; NEPAL; SAGARMATHA [(ADS) NEPAL]; UDAYAPUR;

EID: 84942040606     PISSN: 19352212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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