SRC-002 · Complete metadata
Forced Labour of Adults and Children in the Agriculture Sector of Nepal: Focusing on Haruwa-Charuwa in Eastern Tarai and Haliya in Far-Western Hills
International Labour Organization (ILO) · 2013
Record details
- Study population
- Haruwa-Charuwa and Haliya households
- Geography
- 12 districts of Nepal — 7 central/eastern Tarai districts and 5 far-western hill districts
- Sample size
- 6,295 households interviewed (2,060 target group, 4,235 control group), across 216 VDCs
- Method
- Survey / quantitative: Mixed methods — qualitative phase (FGDs, key informant interviews) followed by a quantitative phase (three-stage stratified household survey)
- Labour system
- Haliya, Haruwa-Charuwa, Child labour
- Themes
- Legal abolition & policy, Rehabilitation, Land & livelihoods, Forced labour & debt, Child labour & education
Recorded findings
- 12% of surveyed households were affected by forced labour, rising to 94% among Haruwa-Charuwa and Haliya households versus 5% in the control group. Forced labour was linked to landlessness, food insecurity, low literacy, and exploitative loan terms.
Repository note
Rehabilitation implementation gaps
Citation
Kumar KC, B., Subedi, G., & Suwal, B. R. (2013). Forced labour of adults and children in the agriculture sector of Nepal: Focusing on Haruwa-Charuwa in eastern Tarai and Haliya in far-western hills. International Labour Organization.