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Media English 媒体英语 17August 2012 New protection for Nepalese women 对尼泊尔妇女的新保护 請注意：中文文字内容只提供簡體版 尼泊尔政府说将禁止30岁以下的妇女到中东地区去工作。推出这一新措施是因为人们对出国打工的尼泊 尔年轻妇女受到剥削的状况越来越关注。BBC记者 Jill McGivering 有以下报道： Officially almost 60,000 Nepalese women are now working in the Middle East but the unofficial estimate is closer to 200,000. Many of them are under 30 years old and will be directly affected by the new ban. The governments been under growing pressure to do more to protect its workers. Women employed in the informal sector as part of a household are very vulnerable. Nepals Embassies in the region say they deal with numerous cases of alleged physical or sexual abuse, as well as complaints about unpaid wages and terrible conditions. Many run safe houses to support women who flee their employers homes. Its only 18 months since the government ended a 12-year ban on all women workers to the Gulf. That was imposed after a young woman working in Kuwait committed suicide. Now theyre adopting this partial ban in the hope that older women might be less at risk. Nepal has a high unemployment rate and the government is trying to strike a balance between protection and allowing women to pursue opportunities. Media English 媒体英语 © British Broadcasting Corporation 2012 Page 1 of 3 /learningenglish Other countries face the same dilemma. Two months ago, Kenya banned its citizens from working in the Middle East because, it said, increasing numbers were being mistreated. Last year, Indonesia introduced a ban on women working as maids in the region. That followed numerous cases of abuse and the execution of an Indonesian maid who was accused of killing her former employer. Questions 1. How many young Nepalese women are working in the Middle East according to government figures? 2. What’s the purpose