Table 7.

Suggested strategies by the study participants.

Themes	Categories	Suggested measures
Employment Generation	Access to Credit	1. Providing migrants with soft financing (below market rate of interest)
	Access to Nutritious Food	1. Increasing the number of beneficiaries in “Kajer Binimoye Khaddo” Programme (Food for Work).
		2. Direct incentive measures to social entrepreneurs for nutrition-based activities (Poultries, Fisheries, Agro-farm).
	Inclusion of marginalized migrants	1. Frequency enhancement of social safety net programmes for rural migrants
		2. Creating self-employment platform
		3. Stretching humanitarian assistances for pro-poor growth by NGOs
		4. Increase of wage in rural infrastructure and maintenance employment “We do not have alternative employment opportunities duing Monga (months of death and disaster), so government should increase the number of beneficiaries in different social safety nets programs.”
Gender Specific Measures	Capability Enhancement	1. Educate and empower women through education and skill development programme
		2. Alternative employment opportunities of women migrants
	Controlling mechanism	1. Awareness about helpline (i.e. 999)
		2. Strengthen one stop service facilities to minimize violence against women. “If women are educated and stop confining themselves in informal jobs, they can be confident and be the bread winners for their family.”