Major issues of child labour in Nepal


So far the child labor in Nepal is concerned, poverty is the main cause of worst form of child labor. Rural people are mostly suffered from larger family size and small land holding problems which make them main supplier of child labour. It is also estimated that four children out of five are trooped in the worst form of child labour.
The child being a very innocent illiterate and unknown person is exploited very much by the society and this is also one of the vital causes for worst form of child labour. The degree of exploitation from different ways can be listed below.
62 % children enter the work force between the age of 10-14 years.
Girls are more exploited then boy that is why they start working earlier than boys. This is reflected in the findings from different reports that 28.9% of girls in the worst forms of child labour are in the age group of 5-9 years compared to 1603% of the boys of the same age.
While working only 17.8% of the children mostly boys are allowed to attend school.
Among 38.4% of the domestic child workers are paid salary but in 59.3% of the cases parent collect the wages. This practice is more prevalent among girls children where parents collect the wages of 78.6% of the working girls.
31.6% of the boy left their workplace for another work due to low remuneration and 52% of the girl children reported that harassment was the most important reason for learning.

In many cases the salary paid to the children especially girl children in the worst forms of child labour is very low and most are not paid at all.
Though the children are exploited in every activity like above, they are now still leaving home as child labour due to the lack of love, care , proper guidance and inadequate health and food. They work between 11-15 hours a day and hardly had rest time.

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