Social, economic and health vulnerabilities of cross-border male migrants in South-Asia: Findings from Bangladesh, India and Nepal

• From: Department for International Development
• Published: 1 January 2015

• Country: India, Bangladesh, Nepal
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Social Change
• Authors: Ubaidur Rob, Avina Sarna, Lopamudra Ray Saraswati, Mahesh Puri, Vartika Sharma, Akash Porwal, Badri Dulal, Iqbal Ehsan

Abstract

Although migration between Bangladesh, Nepal and India has been widely discussed, there is a lack of information on migrants’ social and health vulnerabilities on both sides of the border. The Population Council in India and Bangladesh, and CREHPA in Nepal, undertook a multi-country study, with support from the Department for International Development (DFID), to assess the social and cultural integration, lifestyle, prevailing physical, sexual, and mental health status (both self-reported and using select biological measurements), and the health-seeking behaviours of male migrants in India, and returnee male migrants in their country of origin (Bangladesh and Nepal).

Citation

Lopamudra Ray Saraswati; Vartika Sharma; Akash Porwal; Ubaidur Rob; Mahesh Puri; Iqbal Ehsan; Badri Dulal; Avina Sarna. Social, economic and health vulnerabilities of cross-border male migrants in South-Asia: Findings from Bangladesh, India and Nepal. Population Council, New Delhi, India (2015) 8 pp.

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Social, economic and health vulnerabilities of cross-border male migrants in South-Asia: Findings from Bangladesh, India and Nepal

Published 1 January 2015