NepalThis paper explores the determinants of child labour vis-脿-vis child schooling. It further examines the influence of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) which are engaged in social labelling, on the incidence of child labour and schooling trade-off. The empirical results show that the ...
The State of Child Labour in NepalIntroduction Since the last two decades the child labour has been increasing in Nepal. As...Gurung, Yogendra BahadurResearch Centre for Nepal and Asian StudiesContributions to Nepalese StudiesGurung, Yogendra Bahadur (2001), `The State of Child Labour in Nepal'...
The problem of child labour in India is the result of traditional attitudes, urbanisation, industrialisation, migration, lack of education, etc. However, extreme poverty is the main cause of child labour. However, this miracle idea falls short after identifying the brutal cons that develop along ...
The question of the way forward looms for the government. A number of laws and policies have been enacted in the country to protect the rights of children, including the National Plan of Action to Eliminate Child Labour (2020–2025), the Children Act 2013, the National Child Labor Eliminatio...
A conservative estimate is that some 20–30 million live in five large South Asian countries. But on an average, the percentage of working children in the age group 5–14 varies between 5% and 42% in five major countries in South Asia: Bangladesh: 19%, India: 5%, Nepal: 42%, and ...
This research therefore considers support for child development from conception until the age of five. While investing in children during each stage of childhood has positive impacts, later investment in children should be seen as complementary to early investment rather than as a substitute (Heckman,...
Subject: Commission initiatives against forced child labour in trade with non-member states Asunto: Iniciativas de la Comisión contra el trabajo forzoso de niños en el comercio con terceros países EurLex-2 Collect data disaggregated by sex, age, urban/rural areas and ethnic or social orig...
The head of a child watchdog body was tasked with drafting strict criteria relating to the release of convictedchild molestersfrom prison, as until that point the criteria only excluded from early release those convicts who had committed sexual offences against minors up to the age of 13. ...
Mother aged 35–39 years Whether or not mother's age was between 35 and 39 years (binary) Mother's empowerment Whether or not mother was involved in all 4 decisions (large household purchases; her own healthcare; spending money she earned; and visit to relatives) (continuous index varying ...
Like Maya, Yangzee Sherpa from Taplejung in northeastern Nepal was also coerced to join the workforce at an early age. She said her grandfather brought her to the capital to work because the family needed money. “My father was an alcoholic and my mother couldn’t take care of me,” sai...