SRC-019 · Complete metadata
Kamaiya Freedom Movement
Backward Society Education (BASE) · n.d.
Record details
- Study population
- Kamaiya / Kamlari
- Geography
- Western Terai region
- Sample size
- Not reported
- Method
- Descriptive / advocacy: Descriptive report
- Labour system
- Kamaiya, Kamlari, Child labour
- Themes
- Legal abolition & policy, Land & livelihoods, Child labour & education, Rehabilitation, Forced labour & debt
Recorded findings
- Shows how BASE used night schools and youth groups to teach Kamaiya and Kamlari communities their rights, helping them build local power to demand freedom.
- Points out that government land distribution for freed Kamaiyas was too slow and inadequate, leaving liberated families without shelter or farm plots.
- Argues that legal ban on bonded labor fails unless matched with long-term skill training, fair wages, and sustained economic safety nets.
Repository note
Doesn't show actual numbers for how many people took the night classes or learned to read.
Citation
Backward Society Education (BASE). (n.d.). Kamaiya freedom movement [Historical record/page].