No Child Labor

Duke Nepal | Kathmandu

Duke Nepal is in the campaign No Child Labor so that society can be child labour free. Children doing long and heavy works by leaving school prematurely or lacking them to attend schooling due to which they are being harmed mentally and physically, including social behaviour is called chiefly child labour according to the International Labor Organization. There are 246 million child labourers worldwide, mostly in countries like Nepal, India, Pakistan, Srilanka, etc., in which child works on the profit margins industries such as export, agriculture, construction, stone quarries, carpet weaving, and glass etc. Most children worldwide start their lives by getting an education and playing with colours, but children who just took birth in the marginalised family. Family members themselves designed their working schedules immediately after the delivery.

Nepal and Child Labor

Looking in Nepal specifically, children are in the factory, mines and quarry, plantation, domestic service, shopkeeper, transportation, porters, construction works, street works, commercial sexual exploitation etc. The country is being marked as the poorest and most underdeveloped nation globally. Inequalities also created discrimination against the minority groups and contributed to Nepalese children entering the workforce. The power and money in the hands of having an advantage or opportunity that most people do not have made the bulk of the Nepali population poverty. Because of this, rural poverty migrates the people in urban areas with the hope of employment.

Child Labor Data

The female child labourers are more than the male and worse in rural areas. According to the Nepal Labor Force Survey (NLFS), 88.77% of the children are employed in the agricultural sector. 1.4% children are in manufacturing, 0.3 in construction, 1.6% in shopkeeper, 1.0% in hotels and restaurants, 0.1% in households and 6.9% in other industries such as cottage and small-scale industries. Child labour slowly creates a negative impact on the development of the country. If children are involved in the different types of employment at the age of proper schooling and then guiding the government may lack appropriate human resources in the future.

NGO & INGO

Before a few years, child labour is less due to the European market's lack of materials. Mostly European market stops demanding from India and Nepal. There should be different awareness programs to inform the areas and their parents. There are different types of INGO and NGOs that are working for the elimination of child labour. So government should give an open platform to conduct the different types of programs and projects for them.

The Nepalese population's literacy rate is comparatively low compared to the other countries. One of the easiest ways to eliminate child labour is to create more accessible access to education.

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