SRC-020 · Complete metadata
Forced and Bonded Labour in Nepal: Information on Nepal—Compliance with ILO Convention No. 29 on Forced Labour
Anti-Slavery International · 2009
Record details
- Study population
- Haliya
- Geography
- Western hills of Nepal
- Sample size
- Not reported
- Method
- Descriptive / advocacy: Descriptive report
- Labour system
- Haliya
- Themes
- Legal abolition & policy, Land & livelihoods, Forced labour & debt, Gender & social exclusion, Migration
Recorded findings
- This report claims that the haliya system, in which indebted labourers receive little or no pay for agricultural and domestic work performed for their landlords, are required to provide a substitute or face wage deductions if unable to work, are typically permitted to migrate seasonally to India while remaining obligated to their landlords, and are drawn disproportionately from low caste or minority ethnic groups, with women and girls increasingly becoming bonded in their own right.
Citation
Anti-Slavery International. (July 2009). Forced and bonded labour in Nepal: Information on Nepal—Compliance with ILO Convention No. 29 on Forced Labour.