Child Labour in Nepal

Nepal in fact is amongest the poorest country of the world.It's an undeveloped country.Now Nepal is trying to be among the successful countries of the world , after observing and experiencing a 10 year internal violent armed conflict, as the result of Maoist insurgency which ceased in 2006.

The condition of child labour in Nepal is relatively very high as compared with other countries in South Asia.According to data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and other national surveys, Nepal has 34% of its children between the age of 5 and 14 who are involved in child labour, compared with 12% in the South Asia region as a whole.The Female are more than male child labourers, and the situation is worse in rural than urban areas. In 2010, 44% of children age 5 to 14 were involved in child labour activities in the mid- and far-western regions of Nepal. According to the Nepal Labour Force Survey (NLFS) in 2008, 86.2% of children who were working were also studying and 13.8% of the children work only.
Many of them are employed in the  brick kiln , carpet making , farms and garment industries.  It is declared by the government of Nepal that it would be eliminate child labor by 2020.
The National Children Policy of Nepal essentially protects children from physical, mental , sexual abuse as well as exploitation. Dr. Akmal, however, explains that this policy has no effect at all on the ground in the absence of compulsory  education and  awareness about children’s rights. Nepal provides no legal protections to the child labor.

Child Labor Laws in Nepal

The Children's Act, 1992
The Labour Act, 1992, and Labour Rules, 1993
The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1999
Kamaiya Labour Probihition Act, 2001

Stop Child Labour

How to end Child Labor?

Child labor remains one of the major issues afflicting world and its children. Almost all of the countries has approved laws in an attempt to limit child labor and indentured servitude, but those laws are universally ignored.An incredible numbers of children, aged four to fourteen, retain their country's factories working, usually working in brutal and squalid conditions.
We can stop this by asking our mom's to more in salary for the maid services.

Child labor in South Asia

Here in this portion of my blog i will describe the  child labour in South Asian region of the world.All the South Asian countries developing countries including India and Pakistan. In the southern Asian countries, the poverty rate is so high with the poor education system child labor is still prevalent. South Asia or Southern Asia is a term used to represent the southern region of the Asian continent, which comprises the sub-Himalayan countries and, for some authorities, adjoining countries to the west and east.There are eight countries in South Asia. These are  Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka.India is the largest & fastest growing major economy in the region (US$2.049 trillion) and makes up almost 82% of the South Asian economy; it is the world's 9th largest in nominal terms and 3rd largest by purchasing power adjusted exchange rates(US$7.99 trillion). India is the only member of powerful G-20 major economies and BRICS from the region. Pakistan has the next largest economy($250 billion) and the 5th highest GDP per capita in the region, followed by Bangladesh and then by Sri Lanka which has the 2nd highest per capita and is the 4th largest economy in the region. India is the Largest country of the region and  it has 3 times more the population than other countries of the South Asia.  After India the Pakistan is the fast growing country. The rate of child labor in every country is highly depends upon the population of respective country

According to International  Labour Organization based on officially available statistics, it is estimated that there are 21.6 million children, aged between 5 and 14 years, working in south Asia out of a total of 300 million children in this age group.

Child Labour in Bhutan

In Bhutan although child labor is not banned outright, certain practices such as child child prostitution, hard labor,trafficking,  night work, and dangerous and unhealthy working conditions are specifically banned.After 18 years the child can do any type of work. In practice, child labor is common on in shops, factories ,  homes, mills , farms,  and at schools themselves. As of 2009, the UNHCR and UNICEF had found children working at road construction ,automobile workshops,sites,  restaurants and as street vendors; some children were also used in sexual exploitation.

To Compensation to these conditions, the National Commission of Bhutan for Women and Children works to provide these children with stable households, educational opportunities, and shelter on a monthly basis. The same government agency also supervision foster homes and adoptions of orphans and exploited children.

Child Labour Industries in Bhutan

In Bhutan the children are engage diferent tpes of works  including in agriculture and domestic service. The majority of child labor in Bhutan occurs in agriculture in rural areas.Also works in automobile shops ,Carpet weaving shops , stone and marble cutting industries , deep fishing ,glass factory , they work in hotels , mixing pesticides , textile work , steel work and much more.

Causes of Child Labour

As the numbers of  girls child labours in Bhutan are more than the boys child labours , the reason behind it is that the women and men both has not equal rights. In Bhutan the women of Bhutan earn while the men lives freely. They don't accept their responsibilities and so the mothers , wives , daughters and sisters have to work very hard for their food.

The girls haven't allow to go to schools and universities. But the boys can go anyway.

This type of situation is enough to destroy any country.

Stories of Child Labour

Here i'm going to share some stories of child labour from all over the world. These stories are not of some child only but these children are actually representing million of other children those are just like them. The survey that i did on child labour provide me a basic reason behind child lanour that is poverty. Other reasons are also presents which are the education system. The education system plays vital role in the economy of a country.

                        Story of  Jit Lal Tamamg

"Everything is possible but nothing is possible without money. I feel money is very important because i'm poor." A poor child labour ,who is a microbus conductor ,  told us that he is of about 12 years.He has Mother , Father ,elder sister , younger sister and younger brother. He miss his family but his family is far far away from him. He said further that "I miss my cousin Kumar because he's my best friend too. I can't meet him because he is in the village and i'm here in city to work. I live in a house and i pay rent of it with my earnings. The rent  is Rs. 700. I eat meal at 9 O'clock then lunch at 3 pm and i go hungry to the bed because i have no money at night to buy dinner.I'm also sad to come here in the city from my lovely village. i was in class 5 but i left my studies because i'm poor. "

           

This children was representing  2,200 childrens only from Khatmandu valley Nepal.  

                           Story of Bimal Balokhe 

Bimal Balokhe is a 13 years old boy lives in Falbari , Karee  Nepal. He works in a hotel. He left his home because his family was so poor that can't afford his food even of two times. He now lives in  a hotel. He told us that he has to work for 8 hours a day and 6 days a week.He is in hotel with his friends and he don't feel alone. At night he put the table to gather and sleep on them. He earns $ 20 per month Rs. 1600-1700. He left his school just due to poverty and he want to join it again. Because he likes to get knowledge. He want to open a store in future.

                    

This children was representing   only 21,500  children in Nepal.

                          Story of Raj Kumar Nepali

He is 16 years old boy from Undayapur Nepal. He carries load at Kalimati vegetable market. It's been 2 years since he has started work. He wakes up at 4 am. He work till 10 am.Then he make food and eat. He come back again at 3'o clock. He works 7 days a week His weight is 40 kg and he carry up to 50 kg . He lives in Teku. His brother and father do the same work. In the village there a mother , sister in law , elder sister , younger sister and five brothers. He make about  Rs. 200-300 ($ 2.50 - 4.00 ) per day. He gives this money to his father . His father apys off loans. He also told us that no forced him for work. He works because of his own will.He said '' I don't like to go to school so i left the school." From 10 AM to 3 PM he chat to his friends his friends drink alcohol but he doesn't.

This children is representing more than 46,000 child labours who do the same work.

Causes of child labor

International Labour Organization  suggests poverty is the greatest single cause behind child labour.
The raising space between the rich and the poor.Lack of quality education has also contributed to children dropping out of school and entering the labor force.

Excess population and Poverty: 

Based on 2005 U.N. figures , greater than one-fourth of the world's people live in extreme poverty.Poverty causes parents to send out their children to harmful jobs. Even though they know it's not fine, they have no other substitute as they need to have the money.Almost all of the Asian , African and Latin American countries are overpopulated. Caused by limited resources and more mouths to feed, children are employed in various sorts of work.

Illiteracy:

 Illiterate mother and father do not realize the importance for the proper bodily, psychological and also cognitive advancement of the child. As they are generally uneducated, they do not understand the benefits of education and learning for their kids.

Unemployment : 

Elders usually find it hard to obtain a job. The industrialists and factory masters choose to hire the ''children'' more than the adults because they are cheaper than their adults counter parts over population.They will also not produce union issue.

Bad Education System:

The education system of the present age should be very fast , sufficient and advance.But these qualities are not present in the present education system.The education system doesn't support the parents but it increase the burden of need of more money.

• A student in the age of 16 can't earn anything for his family because he has no skill in any work. 
• He can't work at any institute at a proper position. 
• The education institute offer no scholarship to him.
• The present education system is disable to determine the passion and interest of the student and  also not let them to know their interests.
• The education system is a business for the owners. 

All these defects are also contributing in increasing the child labor.

Orphan Children:

Children delivered from wedlock, children with no moms and dads in addition to relatives, frequently will not find one to assistance all of them. Thus they are forced to be effective for his or her personal residing.

Forms of Child Labor

Child labor.can be found in almost every industry some examples are

Agriculture

Carpet weaving

Soccer Balls

Automobile Workshops

Mining

Stone/Marble cutting

Mixing Pesticides

Deep Fishing

Glass Factory

Hotel Work

Textile Work

Street Work and much more