SRC-029 · Complete metadata
Bonded labour among child workers of the Kamaiya system: A rapid assessment
International Labour Organization · 2001
Record details
- Study population
- Kamaiya households and wage child labourers aged 5-18
- Geography
- Dang, Banke, Bardiya, Kailali, and Kanchanpur districts, mid- and far-western Terai, Nepal
- Sample size
- 650 Kamaiya households; 240 wage child labourers
- Method
- Assessment / evaluation: Rapid assessment
- Labour system
- Kamaiya, Child labour
- Themes
- Legal abolition & policy, Land & livelihoods, Forced labour & debt, Child labour & education
Recorded findings
- Wage child labour incidence among Kamaiya families was 30%, compared with the 4.4% rural Nepal average cited in the report.
- Child labour was linked to landlessness, poverty/indebtedness, parental labour relationships, and land contracts.
Citation
Sharma, S., Basnyat, B., & Ganesh, G. C. (2001). Bonded labour among child workers of the Kamaiya system: A rapid assessment. International Labour Organization, International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour. https://un.info.np/Net/NeoDocs/View/3564