The status of Women in Nepal has always been questionable in terms of women empowerment and leadership. Many of the Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) and International Non-Governmental Organization (INGOs)
are working in the field of raising awareness about women education and empowerment.  Though so much of attention and resources  are being diverted towards the issue but still it has issues of sustainability and independence.

Kamaiyas are bonded laborers employed by high-class families to work in their household especially in the far-western region in Nepal. The government of Nepal abolished the Kamaiyas tradition  and  freed all Kamaiyas on July 17, 2000 but things have not changed.

Most of the Kamaiyas are still working in one or the other way in the form of bonded laborer. The ground reality is they are poor and they have been deprived of education, health and nutrition.

Sita Devi one of the Kamaiyas said, ” We are deprived of so many things, we are freed but we are poor and we have nothing. We need  money  to stay alive so we have to work and that is the reality. 16 years ago the government did free us but it made no difference.

The government had arranged rehabilitation of freed kamaiyas in Kailali, Kanchanpur, Bardiya, Banke and Dang districts in a package. But, thousands of families still lack permanent shelter.

The government data show that 1,378 families in Kailali district are yet to be resettled out of 8,910 ones freed. Organisations working in the sector, however, claim that the figure is more than that.

Chief of the District Land Reform Office, Laxman Kathayat, says the government has spent Rs 50 million for resettlement of freed kamaiyas in the fiscal year 2015/16.