To find out more about our project please contact:
School of Geography
Politics and Sociology
Newcastle University
NE1 7RU
Tel. 44 (0) 191 222 6340
Contact:
Prof. Diane Richardson
diane.richardson@ncl.ac.uk
Dr. Meena Poudel
meenapoudel12@gmail.com
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Newcastle University UK, in partnership with the
Non Government Organisation ‘Shakti Samuha’ and the
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mission in
Nepal, is undertaking this research (2010-2012) funded by the
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC).
This qualitative research project investigates the opportunities for livelihoods of choice for sexually trafficked women on their return to Nepal. It examines the intersections of sexuality, gender and citizenship in returnees’ livelihood strategies as new democratic processes, supported by national and transnational communities, are unfolding. In Nepal anti-trafficking advocacy is highly visible and through the country’s new Constituent Assembly, fresh debates have arisen that are impinging upon returnee trafficked women. By bringing sexuality and citizenship into dialogue with debates on livelihoods this project is helping to generate a new research and policy paradigm for understanding the relationship between sexuality, gender and development.
A range of scholars, policy makers and anti-trafficking campaigners benefit from the research, which aims to inform national policies and approaches that go beyond the immediate 'rescue' of returnee trafficked women and combine a focus on livelihoods with the need to address the issues related to their right to citizenship.
Following the end of the project in 2012, Dr Meena Poudel has been appointed as Anti-Trafficking, Trafficking, Gender and Violence Against Women Advisor for USAID Nepal where she will use project findings to inform policy developments.
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