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Press evaluation:
Background:

Modern-day slavery: A final push is needed to wipe out the Kamlari system of selling girls into servitude, by Anjita Parajuli (kp 17/05/2013)

Abolishing Kamlari practice still miles to go, by Kamal Pariyar (rep 03/05/2013), Still in chains: Kamalaris across Nepal (rep 04/05/2013)

Kamlaris in Capital city in quest of justice (ht 29/04/2013)

Kamlaris missing for years, families rue police apathy, by Kamal Panthi (kp 27/04/2013)

Forest cleared to settle Kamaiyas, by Kamal Panthi (kp 25/04/2013)

Pedals and possibilities, by Durgalal K.C. (kp 02/03/2013)

Prosperity, Kamaiya shows how to gain, by Kamal Panthi (kp 28/02/2013)

6 Kamlaris rescued from houses, hotels (kp 20/02/2013)

Freed Kamlaris prepare for SLC, by Kamal Panthi (kp 15/02/2013)

Forest users protest govt move to resettle freed Kamaiyas, by Kamal Panthi (kp 01/02/2013)

150 Kamlaris freed (kp 06/01/2016)

Freed farm labourers warn of agitation (ht 16/12/2012)

The wait for deliverance, by Bhadra Sharma (kp 08/12/2012)

Freed Haliyas’ declaration (ht 30/11/2012)

Children of freed Kamaiyas deprived of education (nn 15/11/2012)

Two Kamlaris to attend UN meets (kp 06/10/2012)

Haliyas picket DAO in Bajura (ht 11/08/2012)

Breaking new grounds, by Samjhana Poudel (nt 03/08/2012)

Decade on, freed-bonded laborers still living in penury, by Rudra Khadka (rep 18/07/2012), Whither freedom? Plight of ex-Kamaiyas (rep 19/07/2012)

Nepal's 'kamlari' girls break the bonds of slavery (rep 09/07/2012), More than 1000 'kamlari' girls still working for Kathmandu's influential families including high-ranking Communist leaders, lawyers, police, journalists (nn 10/07/2012)

From rags to riches: Story of a freed Kamaiya, by Mohan Budhair (kp 26/06/2012)

Then and now (kp 09/06/2012)

Lessons for life, by Shreya Thapa (kp 26/05/2012)

Not a single freed-haliya found in Jajarkot, by Janak KC (kp 01/04/2012)

12 yrs on, freed Kamaiyas await rehabilitation (kp 16/03/2012)

100 years of servitude: The Tharu girls have borne the worst of modern state (kp 13/01/2012)

Freed Kamaiyas to get Rs 150,000: Government endorses working procedure for grant, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 30/11/2011)

Freed Kamlaris, Kamaiyas come a long way in economic freedom (kp 17/10/2011)

Rights watchdogs ask govt to rehabilitate former Haliyas (nn 06/09/2011), Call for freed Haliya rehab (kp 07/09/2011), Rights bodies condemn government inaction: Say bill to end the practice yet to be passed (ht 07/09/2011)

A Kamaiya family yearns for freedom, by Dil Bahadur Chhatyal (rep 01/09/2011)

Kamaiyas to get houses soon (kp 07/08/2011), No respite for freed kamaiyas (ht 08/08/2011)

Free Kamaiyas get papers of land ownership (kp 31/07/2011)

Kamaiyas kept as domestics at CA member's house, by Dil Bahadur Chatyal (rep 23/07/2011)

Kamaiya rehab plan in limbo, by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 18/07/2011), Freed labourers on path of progress, by Thakur Singh Tharu (kp 18/07/2011)

Kamalaris decry laxity in disbursing welfare fund (rep 09/07/2011), Freed Kamlaris deprived of allocated rehab budget set to freeze: government report (ht 09/07/2011), Rs 140m budget for Kamlaris may be frozen (kp 10/07/2011)

From menials, Kamlaris turn entrepreneurs, by Durga Lal KC (kp 03/07/2011)

39 Kamlaris go missing: Report, by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 06/06/2011)

Freed Kamaiyas fail to get Khadka how the land lies (ht 14/05/2011)

Whither freed Haliya rehabilitation?, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 09/04/2011)

Emancipation means nothing for farm hands of Bajura (ht 04/04/2011)

Hard times for Kamlaris, by Ganesh Chaudhary (kp 02/03/2011)

No end to liberated Haliyas’ problems (ht 27/02/2011)

The trap of servitude: Eradicating the Kamlari practice requires changing community behaviour, by Bhawana Upadhyay (kp 20/01/2011)

Freed Kamlari students facing uphill battle, by Durga Lal K.C. (kp 26/12/2010)

Landless, ex-Kamaiyas usurp hectares: 9,000 public and private units encroached in Dang, by Durga Lal K.C. (kp 16/12/2010)

Freedom giving freed Haliyas pain, by Arjun Shah (kp 10/12/2010)

Stopping forced labour: The International Labour Organization's Caroline O'Reilly talks about the organisation's work and labour issues in Nepal, interview with Caroline O'Reilly (nt 03/12/2010)

Freed Kamaiyas shut down five districts in western Nepal (nn 17/09/2010), Kamaiyas
shut roads for rehabilitation
(ht 18/09/2010)

Freed Haliyas freed to receive injustice: Watchdogs urge govt to keep word (kp 06/09/2010), Keep the promise made to Haliyas, OHCHR tells govt (ht 06/09/2010)

Kamalari system still prevails, by Chuma Acharya (ht 02/08/2010), Kamalari welfare
budget frozen
(ht 05/08/2010)

Dignity came after years of insult, by Janak Nepal (kp 18/07/2010), Freed Kamaiyas still live difficult lives a decade after being liberated (nn 18/07/2010), No freedom from bondage for this man (ht 19/07/2010)

Kamlari freedom a fiasco, by Kamal Panthi (kp 29/05/2010)

About 1,128 Kamalaris yet to be rescued in mid, far-western (rn 17/05/2010)

Policy spoke in Haliya rehab wheel: Ad hoc approach exacerbating their woes, by Kamal Raj Sigdel (kp 26/04/2010), Labour pain: The lives of former bonded labourers are no better now that they are free (kp 27/04/2010)

Just in the name: The Haliyas may be legally emancipated, but lack of skills makes most turn to the lives they rejected earlier, by Prithvi Man Shrestha (kp 20/02/2010)

348 Kamlari girls rehabilitated (nn 18/02/2010)

Ex-Kamaiyas benefiting from skill-oriented trainings (rn 18/01/2010)

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