Migrant Health Professionals and the Global Labour Market

This book offers a fresh perspective on gender debates in Nepal and analyses how the international migration of the first generation of professional female Nepali nurses has been a catalyst for social change.

Radha Adhikari is a Nepali nurse and a Research Associate at the Centre for South Asian Studies, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Introduction: Nursing, gender, and the political economy of female migration in Nepal 1 Professional nursing education and the labour market situation in contemporary Nepal 2 The international migration market economy: decision-making, planning, and preparation 3 Arriving and surviving in the UK: navigating a new set of professional challenges 4 'There is a vast difference from what I had thought': professional life in the UK 5 Negotiating with new realities: family and social lives in the UK 6 Concluding discussion: professional nursing in Nepal and nurse migration to the UK